Mehrosh, a celebrated student activist has been invited to an isolated house in the middle of a forest to take part in a debate with a powerful political adversary from the ruling party. It’s a chance to make her voice heard. Fearful of the coming… Read more
Earlier on this forum, Michael Kleineidam reviewed the excellent publication on the great Polish theatermaker Erwin Axer, published by the Polish Theater Institute in a remarkable, bilingual (Polish-German) edition (including some translations by our member Andreas Volk). The Polish Theater Institute has now published the… Read more
Dear members and friends, Next week on Wednesday, the 6th of June at 1.00 pm, we will once again have our regular theatre translators’ meet-up, finally in the sun in the garden of 3 Schwestern Restaurant. Do join us, before everyone disappears on their holidays.… Read more
Eurodram – European network for drama in translation 2018 Honours – Selection of original texts Eurodram, the European network for drama in translation, is delighted to announce its 2018 selection of plays recommended for translation. These have been chosen by 282 members of 27 language… Read more
The Time of the Cherry Smoke (orig. Čas třešňového dýmu) by Kateřina Rudčenková A short video documentary of our staged reading of Time of Cherry Smoke is available on YouTube: YouTube Thursday, 15 June 2017, 7pm Czech Centre Berlin, Wilhelmstr. 44, 10117 Berlin Actresses: Hürdem… Read more
Kateřina Rudčenková: Zeit des Kirschrauchs (The Time of Cherry Smoke) Staged reading and discussion with Czech playwright Kateřina Rudčenková Thursday, 15th June 2017, 19:00 Czech Centre Berlin, Wilhelmstraße 44, 10117 Berlin In the festival series, “Ein Stück: Tschechien”, Drama Panorama e. V. and the… Read more
Eurodram – European network for drama in translation 2017 Honours – Selection of translated texts Eurodram, European network of scripts-in-translation, is delighted to announce the selection of the 2017 translated texts, recommended for production and publication. These texts have been chosen by the 281 members… Read more
To start the year off on the right foot, we will meet again on 4 January. As usual: 1 pm, “3 Schwestern” restaurant, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2. A happy New Year to you all, we will see you there!
Drama Panorama: Forum für Übersetzung und Theater e. V. welcomes Jean Graham-Jones We are very much looking forward to welcome our colleague Jean Graham-Jones from the United States for this discussion. In an information talk, she and Henning Bochert, translator of numerous American plays, will… Read more
In spring 2016, Henning Bochert translated Sivan Ben Yishais play YOUR VERY OWN DOUBLE CRISIS CLUB. Since Sivan wrote this play in English, while her native language is Hebrew, the translation process was unusual. In order to document this, the translator talked with Sivan about… Read more