Hebbel am Ufer

Hebbel am Ufer ( HAU) is a Berlin theater institution that since the season includes 2003/2004 the following three previously independent Berlin stages:

• Hebbel Theater, now " HEBBEL ON THE SHORE - HAU 1" Stresemannstr. 2952.50036111111113.387277777778Koordinaten: 52 ° 30 ' 1.3 "N, 13 ° 23' 14.2 " E
• Theater am Ufer Hall, now " HEBBEL ON THE SHORE - HAU 2 " Hallesches shore 3252.49861111111113.387 ( the earlier stage at Hall 's bank)
• Theater am Ufer, now " HEBBEL ON THE SHORE - HAU 3 ," Temple Ufer 1052.49822222222213.386333333333

In 2004, the Hebbel was "Theater heute " is selected on the shore as the first guest house and the first fringe theater of the journal Theatre of the Year. Previously, three previously hardly visited individual theaters had merged into a common theater place.

The Hebbel am Ufer is subsidized with about 4 million euros from the state of Berlin and many other related project funding from pots as Capital Cultural Fund, Berlin Senate, the Federal Cultural Foundation, among others Its mission is to continue the legacy of the Hebbel Theater in Berlin as a guest venue for internationally renowned guest performances in dance and theater.

The HAU is characterized by a pronounced political and avant-garde demands. The Gents play for a predominantly young audience. Around one third of the productions shown comes from the international exchange intensively operated, another third comes about free fringe theater groups in and one-third is devoted to the HAU Dance Theatre. Also theatrical event shapes in a broader sense, such as conferences ( such as the Berlin Climate Conference ), no-budget festival marathons (such as the 100 degree Festival) and urban space projects ( such as " X dwellings" ) take place.

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First director is Matthias Lilienthal, who was previously dramaturge at the Theater Basel, chief dramaturge at the Volksbühne am Rosa- Luxembourg -Platz and 2002 director of the festival theater in the world in the Ruhr. His resignation follows the desire to want to do every ten years professionally something really new.

Lilienthal's successor from the season 2012/13 is the Belgian Annemie Vanackere, which until then since 1995 artistic director of the Schouwburg in Rotterdam.

Artist (selection)

Directors and groups who regularly work together since 2004 with the Hebbel am Ufer: Sebastian Baumgarten, Jérôme Bel, Neco Çelik, Big Art Group, Gob Squad, Alvis Hermanis, Hans -Werner Kroesinger, Shermin Langhoff that Macras, Richard Maxwell, Angela Richter, Xavier Le Roy, Rimini Protokoll, Jochen Roller, Christoph Schlingensief, She She Pop, The Wooster Group, Peaches.