Goethe-Institut Chennai /Max Mueller Bhavan in association with Prakriti Foundation & Vivanta by Taj Connemara presented GERMAN THEATRE from SCHAUBÜHNE, BERLIN – ‘An Enemy of the People’
Date & Time: 24th Februaury at 7 pm
Venue: Sir Muthu Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Harrington Road
An Enemy of the People
By Henrik Ibsen
Direction: Thomas Ostermeier
In a version by Florian Borchmeyer
Dr. Stockmann discovers that the source of drinking and spa water is riddled with pathogenic micro-organisms, caused by industrial effluence. Stockmann wants to publish the findings in the newspaper and demands that the city council re-route the water pipes. Influential citizens and local journalists promise their support. However, his brother Peter, the mayor, raises some serious concerns: The economic prosperity of the spa town will be threatened. Suddenly the support for Stockman from the town’s policymakers begins to wane.
They spread seeds of doubt about his plans and try to cover up the fact of the contaminated water. But Stockmann insists on transparency and intends to go public on the matter. For him the affair has long since ceased to be about the polluted health spa, his target is society as a whole.
Ibsen’s drama wavers on a fine line between honesty and fanaticism. What is the potential for transparency in a commercialized society?
The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz
Founded in 1962. The Schaubühne is one of the most successful and innovative places for contemporary theatre. Schaubühne premieres a minimum of 10 shows per season alongside a repertoire of over 30 existing productions in addition to showcasing it abroad in over 100 performances every year – ranging from big international theatre festivals like the ‘Festival d’Avignon’, ‘Salzburg Festival’, and ‘Territorija Festival’- Moscow’ to guest performances at theatres around the world.
Thomas Ostermeier
Since September 1999 Thomas Ostermeier is resident director and member of the Artistic Direction of the Schaubühne. Born in 1968 he studied Directing in the 1990ies at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Busch, Berlin. His productions have been awarded with renowned international and national prizes.
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