Spieltriebe 10

Interdisciplinary music theatre-project
Location: Theater am Domhof

The Theater Osnabrück takes the Balkan Express and embarks on a journey through time to the former Yugoslavia: from the utopias and myths of its founding as a non-aligned state between East and West to its disintegration into individual nation states and the four-year siege of Sarajevo. The arch is spanned with pop songs, Balkan brass bands, rock music, grand opera, symphonic music and, last but not least, poems by the Bosnian poet Faruk Šehić.

What remains is a longing remembrance of a shared dream that could not withstand the upheavals of world history and internal contradictions. A musical and literary foray that travels together with dance, opera, orchestra, band and actors to a bygone country that for many still lives on as a myth.

Production: Ulrich Mokrusch
Musical direction: Daniel Inbal
Stage & costumes: Okarina Peter, Timo Dentler
With: members of the music theatre, drama and dance sections as well as the Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester
Choreography: Blenard Azizaj

PLATFORM 13
Dance performance from Romania
Location: Sharehaus Friedenskirche

Balkans and ballerina - we associate both terms with certain images. We think we know what is behind them and generalise for an entire region/professional group. These clichés and Western identity stereotypes inspire the Balkan Ballerinas. They break through geographical, political and cultural boundaries and locate the body as a transition zone between Eastern European identity and the view of it. Pride meets shame, past meets present, folklore meets rave and ballet meets manele. A rhythmic melting pot is created that humorously delves into the depths.

DEMJAN DURAN
German-Serbian research project
Location: Barrack 35

In Osnabrück's Landwehr district there is a memorial site that commemorates a relatively unknown group of victims of the Nazi era. In 1941, up to 5,000 officers from all over south-east Europe, but mainly from Serbia, were interned here in 22 barracks. After their release in 1945, many of them remained in Osnabrück and built up the Serbian community here. In a documentary theatre project, director Demjan Duran embarks on a search for clues. How did people live there? What links are there to the present day? The project was developed in collaboration with the Barrack 35 Association and the descendants of the prisoners.

SLOVENSKO MLADINSKO THEATRE
Lecture performance from Slovenia, in Slovenian with German subtitles.
Location: Decoration workshops of the Osnabrück Theatre

Sex Education II: Fight reconstructs the struggle of women to decide freely about sexuality and reproduction in Yugoslavia. Using private biographies and political documents, it tells the story of the Yugoslavian women's movement: from the possibility of safe abortion to the legalisation and distribution of contraceptives. Sex Education II: Fight is a reminder of how the persistent commitment of earlier generations to physical self-determination and sexual rights paved the way for progressive ideas of love, lust and sexuality.

BARBI MARKOVIĆ
Serbian - German theatre-dance production
Location: Holy Poly

In 2006, Barbi Marković published a remix of Thomas Bernhard's Gehen (1970). Marković follows Bernhard's style word for word and translates it into an independent and rhythmic portrait of Belgrade club culture in the 2000s. Serbian director Tara Manić is staging a German retranslation with the Dance Company and the Schauspiel Ensemble exclusively for Spieltriebe. The text meets electronic beats in the Osnabrück techno club Holy Poly - because there are parties everywhere.

Theatre courtyard
approx. 10.15 pm

After eventful theatre moments, we want to end the evening together. In the theatre's inner courtyard, we invite you to share your impressions and talk to the artists - music and food are a must, of course. Maybe we'll all dance together to Balkan beats on a balmy summer night.

Prost! Živjeli! Живели! Noroc! Auf Wiedersehen! Довиждане! Doviđenja! Nasvidenje! Mirupafshim! See you! Bog! Ciao!

Start at Theater am Domhof at 5 pm
Bus transfer on all routes
Outdoor venues are not barrier-free
Finish in the theatre courtyard from approx. 10 pm

Advance booking starts on 31 January 2025
Admission: €59, incl. bus transfers and snacks during the interval
Reduced €39 for schoolchildren, students, trainees, FSJ up to the age of 30.

· 30% off your second visit if you visit the Spieltriebe on a different route.
· With a subscription or Theater Card, you will receive an exclusive 10% early booking discount until 28 February 2025.
· 10% for OLB customers.
The limited discount regulations for special events apply. Please enquire about group offers at gruppen@theaterosnabrueck.de.

You can find a good overview of the festival programmes in the flyer (in German).