Chronicle by Raoul Horn
As you enter the hall of the German State Theatre and look towards the diagonal, you will see a fragile silhouette, concentrated at every step she takes, coming from the garden; it advances towards a sofa on the left side of the stage. By the time you sit down in the hall, the silhouette reaches the middle of the stage, as if floating, and when you have already settled comfortably and put your phone on silent (or turned it off), the silhouette arrives and carefully sits on the edge of the vintage sofa and slowly relaxes. She is dressed like a valet, and as soon as she speaks the first words, you realize that it is Firs who is speaking. Firs? Yes, Firs. From The Cherry Orchard. Firs was left alone. It's the end of the rehearsal.
Das Theater is – in a way - a continuation of The Cherry Orchard – another fresh show of the German Theatre ensemble. The director Pascal Rambert wove several life stories of the actors, took over the structure of Chekhov's play and tried to fit it into the pattern of his dramaturgy, of course, running some changes. The actors come to the stage in turn, entering what seems to be a familiar house – the stage. Sofia's birthday (celebrated in the theatre) can correspond to the soirée in Act III of the Cherry Orchard, in which all the characters get to be together.
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“Theatre Chronicle @ Eurothalia” is a programme conceived by Daniela Șilindean together with the team of the German State Theatre Timișoara, within the Eurothalia 2023 European Theatre Festival, held between 20-30 September 2023, financed by the National Cultural Program Timișoara - European Capital of Culture in 2023.
