{"id":5875,"date":"2020-06-18T08:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theatre.local\/latvian-artists-at-the-digital-festival-postwest\/"},"modified":"2020-06-18T08:56:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:56:29","slug":"latvian-artists-at-the-digital-festival-postwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theatre.kondrats.dev\/lv\/latvian-artists-at-the-digital-festival-postwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian artists at the digital theatre festival POSTWEST"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From June 24 till June 26 the transcultural theatre festival POSTWEST, organized by\u00a0Volksb\u00fchne<\/em><\/a> theatre in Berlin, will present\u00a0 online new works by theatre makers from Eastern Europe. Among them are 3 pieces by Latvian artists: “Looks Like You’re Going To Die” by Kate Krolle and Valters S\u012blis (produced by New Theatre Institute of Latvia and Dirty Deal Teatro), “Tanya’s Birthday. Berlin” by M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Eihe and Arnita Jaunsubr\u0113na (produced by \u0122ertr\u016bdes ielas te\u0101tris) and “Cannon Fodder” by Russian director Dmitriy Volkostrelov with Latvian performers (produced by \u0122ertr\u016bdes ielas te\u0101tris and Katlz)<\/p>\n

Originally planned to take place over a period of one week in May 2020, the transcultural theatre festival POSTWEST will now use the virtual space to share ideas across borders during the three days in June. The original twelve productions are replaced by digital contributions: online live performances, videos on demand, audio performances, meetings with the festival artists,\u00a0 webinars on international collaboration, talk with Baltic theatre makers and a DJ set by legendary Latvian dj J\u0101nis Krauklis.<\/p>\n

All festival events online are free of charge and are\u00a0 available from 11:00 (Berlin time)\u00a0 24 June till 26 June, except for the live events where starting time is indicated in the schedule.<\/p>\n

Participating theatres and organisations:\u00a0TR Warszawa (Warsaw), Prague City Theatres (Prague),\u00a0DAKH (Kiev), Qendra Multimedia\u00a0& National Theatre of Kosovo (Prishtina),\u00a0STEREO AKT (Budapest),\u00a0Teatrul Tineretului (Bucarest), Jaunimo teatras (Vilnius), Vaba Lava (Tallinn), \u0122ertr\u016bdes ielas te\u0101tris (Riga), KatlZ (Riga), New Theatre Institute of Latvia (Riga),\u00a0Volksb\u00fchne (Berlin).<\/p>\n

Check the full POSTWEST programme\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

About Latvian productions at POSTWEST festival:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Looks Like You\u2019re Going To Die
\n<\/em>audio walk
\nBy and with Kate Krolle and Valters S\u012blis
\nSound design: Arv\u012bds Saul\u012btis
\n45 min, in English
\nAvailable from 11:00 June 24 till June 26<\/p>\n

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Looks Like You\u2019re Going To Die\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/a>which premiered on stage in Riga, will be presented as an audio walk for POSTWEST audience. Leaving behind their usual roles of theatre director and visual artist, Valters\u00a0 S\u012blis and Kate Krolle have met on equal footing and created an intimate encounter that reflects on the complexity and beauty of everyday living and the fragility of creation. Devised as a 45 minute audio track in English, it should be listened alone while taking a walk. Guided by the voices and stories of Kate and Valters,\u00a0Looks Like You\u2019re Going To Die<\/em>\u00a0will take you on a wandering through the mind, memories, and different European cities.<\/p>\n

The creation is supported by Baltic Culture Fund, which also supports the discussion of young Baltic theatre makers to be live streamed on 25 June at 18.00 (Berlin time) with participation of Valters S\u012blis (LV), Jarmo Reha (EE), Egle \u0160vedkauskaite (LT) and moderated by Julija Reklaite (LT).<\/p>\n

Tanya’s Birthday. Berlin\u00a0<\/strong>
\n<\/em>live streamed performance
\n<\/em>By\u00a0M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Eihe, Arnita Jaunsubr\u0113na and Degna Martens
\nWith\u00a0M\u0101rti\u0146\u0161 Eihe, Charlotte Garraway, Arnita Jaunsubr\u0113na, Daniel Nerlich, Juta Vanaga
\nIn English with Russian, Latvian and German parts
\n25 June at 16:00 and 20:00 Berlin time<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/em>A point of convergence in European history\u2014the year 1989, or more specifically, the period between the Baltic Way and the fall of the Berlin Wall\u2014serves as the point of departure for the production. Set as a real birthday party,\u00a0Tanya’s Birthday. Berlin<\/em><\/a> invites spectators to assume the roles of friends and family. As the performers address the guests and begin telling stories, they gradually reveal the many ambiguous and multifaceted life stories that have shaped their extended family.<\/p>\n

Cannon Fodder
\n<\/em>Performance documentary
\nDirector Dmitriy Volkostrelov (Moscow)
\nWith: Anta Aizupe, Jana Jacuka, Inese Pud\u017ea
\n30 min, in Latvian, Russian and English with German and English subtitles
\nAvailable from 11:00 June 24 till June 26<\/p>\n

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Cannon Fodder<\/em><\/a> after the play by Pavel Pryazhko reflects on multiculturalism and globalised world where any of us can become “cannon fodder’. The production is still in development and will be presented at the festival as a 30 min documentary on the process of creation of the piece.<\/p>\n

About POSTWEST festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Inititally devised as a week long theatre festival, POSTWEST focused on\u00a0bringing together artists from ten countries and premiere twelve new productions on Volksb\u00fchne<\/em> stage. With its dramatic history between East and West, the Volksb\u00fchne<\/em> was the perfect venue for this gathering of invited theatre makers from Eastern Europe.
\nNow,\u00a0POSTWEST has thus outgrown its original iteration as a stage event and is responding to the new reality. The Coronavirus crisis has allowed us to observe how many countries are turning in on themselves once more, and information about the situation in other countries seems like mere statistics. Against this background, reflecting on historical categories and the possibilities of their dissolution becomes more important than ever. East or West? Post-West, post-East, post-EastWest? Does a shared cultural heritage lead to a similar historical awareness? With such a wide variety of countries and identities, is it even possible to think about and shape the future together? What do a strong civil society, solidarity, values relevant to the future, and democratic systems look like to us? How can we, as theatre makers\u2014even during a global lockdown and without any public gatherings\u2014continue to establish networks and long-term transcultural initiatives in order to respond artistically to these current social debates?<\/p>\n

POSTWEST festival is funded by Volksb\u00fchne\u00a0Berlin and the German Federal Cultural Foundation.<\/p>\n

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