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World Premiere in Prague at 09.06.2005

 

*** Tango Sólo *** (Henschel Schauspiel Berlin)

Tango Sólo by Torsten Buchsteiner  © Pavel Nesvadba 

 

 

 

PRESS - REACTIONS:

Buchsteiners "Tango Sólo" Praha 2005  © Pavel Nesvadba

"The tangomania breaks out in Prague."
(Radio Prague)
 
"A wonderful combination between drama and dance."
(Hospordarske Noviny)

 

 

"The actor and playwright Buchsteiner writes concrete and powerful dialogues (...) director Petr Svojtka creates an effective atmosphere, including the intimate scenes - and the actors bring maximum energy into their roles." 

(Lidové Noviny)
 
 
 
 
"A brilliant farce of vanities, sensibilities and the incability to accept real relationships to real human beings. Tango Sólo - the dance with yourself."
(Tango Danza)
 
"The original title "Anonymous tangoholics" expresses exactly the absolute tango-devotion als a philosophy of live."
(Pravó)
 

"The play is extremly good. Like Buchsteiner's first play "Spieler" (Players).
(tangokultur.info)
 
"Quick, pointed and cold - a cynical round dance, kind of boulevard in a fridge."
(Thalia Theater Playwright Competion 2003, Final Round, No 6 out of 128 plays)
 
 
Buchsteiner "Tango Sólo" Praha 2005 © Pavel Nesvadba
 
 
*** Predstavení "Tango Sólo" není vhodné pro diváky mladsí 15 let. ***
(The performance "Tango Sólo" is not free for spectators below 15 years)
 

Torsten Buchsteiner vorm Theater Divadlo na Vinohradech Praha 2005 © Lidové Noviny

- "Tango Sólo" is represented by the Publishing House
"Henschel-Schauspiel" Berlin, Germany.

 

- The theatre "Divadlo na Vinohradech" is at Namesti Miru 7 (Place of freedom) in Prague 2. You can reach it by going to the same named Metro Station, Tickets you get at the evening cash or in all ticket sale points.

© all "Tango Sólo" Photos by Pavel Nesvadba.

Play it again

"Spieler" von Torsten Buchsteiner  © VTR Rostock

 

*** PLAYERS ***

(Henschel Schauspiel Berlin)

(2W, 3M, 1 Deko)

 

"The dialog is a celebration for the actors."  
(Erika Stephan in her laudatio at Rostock's playwright competition 1999)

"Egocentric one fighter in a single society cold as ice. Sense and self-affirmation they get only via quick sex and by abasing other people. Everybody fights against everybody – like in Moritz Rinke's Republik Vineta and Marius von Mayenburg's Parasiten." 
(Neues Deutschland)

 

"The debut of a playwright, whose text shows, apart from the scenic quality, an extreme poetic power. Buchsteiner's play reminds to Heiner Müller's Quartett."
(Ostsee-Zeitung)

 

"This extraordinary level you always wish from theatre - An absolute must!"
(Neuste Norddeutsche Nachrichten)

 

"The story is about money, sex and violence. The Volkstheater Rostock opens tonight with the excessive-provoking "Players" by Torsten Buchsteiner."
(Bild Rostock)

 

"Players - a highlight in theatre Rostock. (...) But a politic from SPD Party announced, you should not present such a violent play to the audience." 
(Nordkurier Neubrandenburg)

"By this energic work a lot of people will be shocked. But if you prefer "feel-good-stories" you have to watch TV."
(Berliner Zeitung)

Vera Teltz, Simone Mende, Eric van der Zwaag + Dirk Borchardt in "Spieler" von Torsten Buchsteiner  © VTR Rostock

Cast: Vera Teltz, Simone Mende, Eric van der Zwaag and Dirk Borchardt (not on the foto: Peter Plehn)

Director: Corinna Bethge, Stage & Costume: Susanne Schwieter, Dramaturg: Axel Preusz / World Premiere: 03.03.2001 at Volkstheater Rostock.

- 05.03.2011: "Players" czech premiere in Chvaletice. Directed by Ivan Lonek.

- 07.02.2007: The radio drama "Players" is on air, at 22:00 on WDR3.
Directed by Thomas Werner, with Marie-Lou Sellem, Nina Weniger, Thomas Anzenhofer, Victor Neumann and Jean Faure.

"Players" is translated into russian by Johann Bott and into czech by Martina Cerna.

Text Performances


Archive:

- 15.12.2011  Budapest, Katona József Theatre (solo), in english language.

- 26.02.2011  Ostseebad Ahrenshoop Germany, Neues Kunsthaus.

- 30.12.2010  Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, Cocktailbar Tute, Germany (with  Swantje-Britt Koerner / SBK)

- 13.12.2010  Wien, Theatre Hamakom (solo)

- 01.10.2009  Berlin, Institut Francais (solo)

- 25.02.2009  Odense, DK, Teater Momentum ("AMOK", with SBK)

- 19.02.2009  Kopenhagen, DK, LiteraturHaus ("AMOK", with SBK), in english language.

- 28.09.2007  Kaliningrad, RUS, Dt.-Russ. Haus (solo)

- 30.12.2006  Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, Cocktailbar Tute ("AMOK", with SBK)

Playwright Festival

 

*** Died for germany ***

At 03. + 04.10.2002 the playwright festival "19+5" took place in LT Tuebingen. The theme was "Day of the german reunion".

Torsten Buchsteiner wrote the short drama "Died for germany" and directed himself the monolog with the actress Julia Nehmiz.

Press review:

"On the big stage it's time for change of roles: The audience sits on the stage and the actress Julia Nehmiz is in between the seats like in front of court. She murdered her child in a insane reflex, after her husband, a K-FOR soldier on the balcan, deserted to commit suicide. Exactly this in Torsten Buchsteiners text "Died for germany" is too much over the top."
(Wilhelm Triebold, Schwäbisches Tagblatt, 05.10.2002)

 

"You were seated on the big stage and listed to Julia Nehmiz, who spoke Torsten Buchsteiners (Berlin, 37) "Died for Germany"  - a dime play about K-FOR soldier Kalle, who commits suicide in the Kosovo."
(Jürgen Berger, Schwäbische Zeitung, 10.10.2002)

Alarm for Cobra 11 (RTL)
 

"SCHACHMATT" (Checkmate)

SCREENPLAY by Erdogan Atalay and Torsten Buchsteiner

Actors: Erdogan Atalay, René Steinke, Charlotte Schwab, Carina Wiese / Guest appearance: Ann Pollmann, Anneke Kim Sarnau, Oliver Broumis, a.o. / Director: Axel Barth.

Shooting Time: 12/99, TV Premiere on RTL-Germany: Thu, 07.12.2000 at 20:15 h

René Steinke + Erdogan Atalay in "Cobra 11"  © RTL

Contents: The merchant of old furniture Samuel Breuberg is robbed in his store. The gangsters want to steal two tableaus for dollarprinting, which Breuberg smuggles in his normal transports. His assistent Marie Kovacz appears to be a complice to the gangsters und in love with Alex, who's one of them. The plan doesn't work: Breuberg has already given the print-tableaus to a firm for transporting values. When Breuberg tries to escape, he loses control about his car and dies in a deadly accident. Before Tom and Semir can find the gangster they have already robbed the transporter. But once again their plan doesn't work ...

 

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