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Planning the next productions

Planning for the winter semester begins on Tuesday July 9th at 7:15 p.m. in rm 2127A, D building of the University. At this meeting, we will discuss our next project(s), and we welcome everyone who would like to join the AnglistenTheater as an actor or as a member of the production team to come along and meet us.

Jez Butterworth, The River: Photos

Here is a first batch of photos, taken at the dress rehearsal of The River.

THE WOMAN, THE MAN *© Anatoli Oskin, AnglistenTheater*

THE MAN *© Anatoli Oskin, AnglistenTheater*

THE OTHER WOMAN, THE MAN *© Anatoli Oskin, AnglistenTheater*

Our summer production 2024: Jez Butterworth, The River

The AnglistenTheater is staging Jez Butterworth's drama The River three times in the last week of June:

on Tue 25^th, Thur 27^th, and Sat 29^th June, at 8 p.m. in Hörsaal II, University of Augsburg.

Tickets at 10 € / 5 € (concessions) are NOW on sale at Taschenbuchladen Krüger and can be reserved online here. Groups of 10 and more people are entitled to a 10% reduction on the price of their tickets.

Jez Butterworth is one of Britain's leading playwrights. The River, first performed in 2012 at the Royal Court Theatre, was well received by critics. Michael Billington at the Guardian called the play "strange, eerie, tense and, on a single viewing, slightly unfathomable" – although at first things look "reasonably clear": "We are in a wooden cabin on the cliffs above a river. It belongs to The Man, who is playing host to The Woman. He is a dedicated fisherman who goes into ecstasies about sea trout, which can be caught in profusion on a moonless night once a year. This is just such a night and the capacity to share his excitement becomes a ... test for The Woman, who appears to be his new girlfriend." Soon, however, the situation changes in unforeseen ways ...

We have discovered that this is the first time The River will be staged in Germany. So, after the Augsburg Staatstheater's German premiere of Jerusalem last year, this will be the second time Jez Butterworth is coming to Augsburg in the 2020's.

The River is available both as a paperback and online through NickHernBooks and other online bookshops.

Links

NickHernBooks: https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/jez-butterworth
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jez_Butterworth
British Council Literature: https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/jez-butterworth
AnglistenTheater Press Release

Costume Sketches

Here are some costume sketches for

The River, by costume designer Elfi Jaenisch.

Costume sketches 1: the man, the woman, the other woman, another woman.

Costume sketches 2: the man, the woman in the red dress.

Interested in joining us?

We always welcome new members from all parts of the world, whether they would like to be on stage as actresses and actors, or rather join our team of creatives or the backstage and front of house crew. Newcomers need not have a "theatre background", but should have good or very good English, and lots of enthusiasm.

If you would like to know more about this, do mail us at anglistentheater@philhist.uni-augsburg.de

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