documenta X Theatre Outlines

From June 21 to September 28 1997 the documenta X will take place in Kassel. Planned as a manifestation culturelle, as a cultural event, the documenta X will not only show contemporary tendendies in the visual arts along a parcours through the centre of the city, it will also invite visitors to the forum "100 Days - 100 Guests" ,and present independently produced films as well as radio and internet projects. Dramatic art too is a part of the extensive programme of the documenta X.

During the initial days of the documenta X, theatre makers (directors, choreographers, composers) will be invited to Kassel for four days. The works exhibited, the city and the impressions of the initial days of this important exhibition, can be an inspiration and thematic starting point for the participants, who will develop a scenic outline after their return from the initial days at the documenta X as a theatrical contribution. These theatre outlines will be presented in a dramatised form at the end of the 100 day long exhibition in the shape of a theatre marathon.

This theatre marathon will take place at the weekend, September 5 - 7 1997, in the evening. The venues are all on the parcours from the Kulturbahnhof to the river Fulda. All the premieres can be seen on the first evening. Two further performances of the theatre marathon will follow on the subsequent two evenings.

All productions of the theatre outlines are world premieres and can only be seen in this combination during the documenta X.

documenta X Theatre Outlines Kassel 1997

Date	September 5-7, 1997
Participants	Heiner Goebbels
	Hans-Werner Kroesinger
	Jan Lauwers/ Needcompany
	Christoph Marthaler/ Anna Viebrock
	Stanislas Nordey
	Stefan Pucher/ Gob Squad
	Michael Simon
	Meg Stuart
Documentation	Moritz Rinke (text), Josef Gallus Rittenberg (photography)
Curator	Tom Stromberg
Assistance	Jens Hoffmann
Co-producer	Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt, das TAT

For advance orders for tickets, please send a fax or write to:

documenta X
Marion Sprenger
Friedrichsplatz 18
D - 34117 Kassel

Tel: +49 561 7282733
Fax: +49 (o) 561 707 27 39

Price of the Tickets: 50 DM (Reduced tickets: 30 DM). Children (-6) have free access. Price concessions are available forschool and college students, pensioners (gentlemen 63+ , ladies 62+), socialsecurity claimants, unemployed persons, those performing military or civiliannational services and disabled persons. Certificates are checked at theentrance of the exhibition buildings.

Statement of Catherine David at the press conference "Theatre Outlines" on May 15, 1997 in Berlin

Statement of Tom Stromberg at the press conference "Theatre Outlines" on May 15 1997 in Berlin