From the 20th to the 23rd of November, the international meeting Music Theatre Now at Radialsystem V - New Space for the Arts in Berlin will offer the opportunity to get to know 18 new works and their artists.

On Saturday, 22.11.2008, the panel discussion "Music Theatre and Cultural Identity" will take place at 17:00. Participants:
Jiri Adámek /// Czech Republic
Suguru Goto /// Japan
Tian Mansha /// China
Nara Shin /// South Korea
Karmina Šilec /// Slovenia
Danny Yung /// China

Moderation: Dieter Welke
Cultural Identity and Development Committee (CIDC) of the International Theatre Institute (ITI)
Official ITI ambassador at the UNESCO-Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Coordinator of the CIDC-workgroup "Cultural diversity"

In this context, Kann Heidi brauchen, was es gelernt hat? from Leo Dick, Tassilo Tesche and Felizitas Ammann will be on Friday and Saturday evening (21. and 22. November) performed. >>>More information

Music Theatre NOW is supported by the Delegate of the German federal government for culture and Media (Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien), the Capital Cultural Fund in Berlin (Hauptstadtkulturfonds) and the Art Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia (Kunststiftung NRW).

Productions chosen by the jury for presentation in Berlin

"Tears of Barren Hill"
Composition/ Stage direction: Danny Yung
Musical direction: Nerve / Pun Tak-shu
Lyrics: Chen Ko-hua
World Premiere: Hongkong Cultural Centre, Studio Theatre / 29.02.2008

"Niebla"
Composition: Elena Mendoza-Lopez
Stage direction: Matthias Rebstock
Musical direction: Titus Engel
World Premiere: Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik, Hellerau
29.09.07

"Die Auferstehung der Taten"
Stage direction: Felix Kubin / Andreas Diefenbach
Libretto: Sarah Bogner
World Premiere: Portikus, Frankfurt am Main / 01.12.07

"Tiká Tiká Politika"
Composition/ Stage direction: Jiri Adamek
Company: Boca Loca Lab
World Premiere: Theater Alfred ve dvore, Praha / 25.05.2006

"After Life"
Stage direction: Michel von der Aa
Libretto: Hirokazu Kore-Eda, arranged by Michel von der Aa
Musical direction: Otto Tausk
Company: Asko Ensemble
World Premiere: Muziekgebouw aan ´t IJ Amsterdam / 02.06.2006

"From Time Immemorial"
Author Karmina Šilec
Composition: Lojze Lebic
Stage direction: Jernej Lorenci
World Premiere: Slovensko narodno gledališce Opera in balet Maribor, Ljubljana / 24.03.2006

"Von Mücken, Elefanten und der Macht in den Händen"
Composition: Hannes Galette Seidl
Stage direction/ Script: Bernhard Herbordt / Melanie Mohren
World premiere: Forum der Kunst und Ausstellungshalle Bonn / 23.01.2008

"hellhörig"
Composition/ Concept: Carola Bauckholt
Musical direction: Erik Oña
Installation: Georges Delnon, Roland Aeschlimann
World Premiere: Reithalle München / 23. April 2008

"Il canto della pelle ( SEX unlimited)"
Composition/ Libretto: Claudio Ambrosini
Stage direction: Peter B. Wyrsch
World Premiere: L'amphi de l'Opéra de Lyon / 24.03.2006

"Der Sonne entgegen"
Composition: Lucia Ronchetti
Lyrics: Steffi Hensel
Stage direction: Michael von zur Mühlen
World Premiere: Musiktheater im Revier, Gelsenkirchen / 12.05.2007

"Itinerário do Sal"

On the 26th. November 2008 by the Hamburger Klangtage!
Composition/Lyrics: Miguel Azguime
Stage direction: Paula Azguime
World premiere: 04.04.2006

"La philosophie dans le labyrinthe"
Composition: Aureliano Cattaneo
Libretto: Edoardo Sanguineti
Stage direction: Michael Scheidl
World Premiere: Münchener Biennale / 09.05.2006

"Augmented Body and Virtual Body"
Composition/ Stage direction : Suguru Goto
World Premiere: "Utopiales" festival in Nantes, France / 09.11.2005

"SHADOW - The ritual to console the mouth and the eyes"
Composition: Nara Shin
Lyrics: Eun-Jung Joo
Stage direction: Yoo-Shin Kim
World Premiere: Gallery KunstDoc in Seoul / 13.04.2007

"Cantatrix Sopranica L."
Composition : Arnaud Petit
Stage direction : Christine Dormoy
World Premiere: Grand Théâtre de Reims / 05.05.2006

" Sighing "
Concept, stage direction, Choreography: Tian Mansha
Composition: Liou Ji yun, Tian Mansha
Text: Nike Yu, Zhao xi
World Premiere: Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, March 2006

"Faustus, the last night"
Composition: Pascal Dusapin
Stage direction: Peter Mussbach
World Premiere: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin / 21.01.2006

"Unsichtbar Land"
Composition: Helmut Oehring
Libretto: Helmut Oehring / Torsten Ottersberg
Stage direction: Claus Guth
World Premiere: Theater Basel / 07.06.2006