John Gabriel Borkman
4th part of the Ibsen-saga
John Gabriel Borkman (2011) is a theatre production by Vegard Vinge, Ida Müller and Trond Reinholdtsen. John Gabriel Borkman is the fourth part of their Ibsen saga.
Vegard Vinge and Ida Müller collaborated in shaping the concept, stage design and direction.
The first three productions in the series were A Doll's House (2006), Ghosts (2007) and The Wild Duck (2010).
Information
(Objekt ID 24264)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | October 27, 2011 |
| Produced by | , |
| In collaboration with | Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz |
| Based on | John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen |
| Audience | Adults |
| Number of events | 25 |
| Language | German |
| Keywords | Theatre, Puppetry, Masked Theatre, Musical theatre, Tragedy, Ambient theatre, Durational performance, Physical theatre, Installation, Metatheatre, Post-dramatic theatre, Political Theatre, Multimedia |
| Running period | October 27, 2011 — May 19, 2012 |
| Website | Volksbühne , Theatertreffen |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | Yes |
Supported by Arts Council Norway and Nordwind Plattform und Festival.
| Theatertreffen | May 5, 2012 |
Jana Perkovic, true chaos: theatre at the limits, Real Time issue #110 aug-sept 2012 [Australia], http://www.realtimearts.net/article/110/10742:
"[...] a work of such admirable excess and courage that this review will now devote itself to it entirely. All of Berlin tried to get a ticket for what Twitter termed '9/11 of theatre - there is no way back'. Borkman was unlike anything I expect to see again soon, and its singularity more than made up for the homogeneity of the rest of Theatertreffen. [...] What I had until now only read about - theatre as communion - came to life, surprisingly, serendipitously, as Borkman used every technique of durational performance, but barred the audience from the usual cool, detached comforts of such performances: the right to stand, walk around, leave. [...] Borkman is by far the most exciting theatre work of the year."