In the early decades of the 20th century, Expressionism developed in Europe. Most of it originally came from Germany. Expressionism Theater often dramatizes the suffering of the protagonists. Also the main trait that people know about Expressionism that the way it can radically distort the emotional effect on the audience. It did this to change the moods or ideas. They are also referred to as station dramas. The most famous playwrights are from Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller. Expressionism stayed popular throughout the Weimar Republic.
Today there are hundreds theaters throughout Germany, in big and small towns. Peter Stein, is a special figure in German theater, and he is world-class director. German theater puts on spectacular shows and small ones. There are many genres to German theater. Some of them are comedy, puppet shows, magic shows, chansons, and cabaret. Also, Epic theater is popular. This is where the performance stops and the actors address the audience directly.
Bertolt Brecht . He is a very famous theater contribution from the 20th century. There is a statue in Berlin of him.
21st Century Theater Germany
Theatre is conceived as a ritual rather than theater in the modern sense.
It is a distinct theater world, a well-established network of state, municipal, traveling, and private theaters. In Germany a lot goes into this system: in terms of stimulus, attention and money.
Box-office sales cover only 15% of an average public theater’s expenses which is why many German theaters receive financial support from the government. Every taxpayer in Germany does their part to preserve this cultural pillar.
Theatre is conceived as a ritual rather than theater in the modern sense.
Box-office sales cover only 15% of an average public theater’s expenses which is why many German theaters receive financial support from the government. Every taxpayer in Germany does their part to preserve this cultural pillar.
There are over 180 public theaters, and 190 private, independent theaters in Germany as well as 30 festival stages.
Over 35 million visitors, theatre in Germany has almost three times more viewers than do concerts or football games
Types and Genres
Types and Genres
Opera
Cabaret
Passion Plays
Ballet Suites
Comedy
Musical Productions
Kabarett or Kleinkunst which is a form of stand-up comedy-driven by children and teens.
Drama;
- Emotional - Classics, Family, and Relationships
- Suburban - The excesses of global capitalism, Social problems and life under global capitalism
- Female Playwrights - plays written by women.
Foreign-Language Performances
Sourceshttp://www.internations.org/germany-expats/guide/16030-culture-shopping-recreation/german-theater-16029?ah01_enabled
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Germany#Cinema
http://www.goethe.de/kue/the/tst/en10229547.htm
http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/culture-and-media/main-content-09/theater.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Germany#Cinema
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