In the summer of 2013, the network Shared Spaces was established in Kinshasa. Among the initiators are, alongside Theaterformen, other festivals, international artists and curators. One of the first projects was the co-production of several performances. Three of them were first shown at the Festival Connexion Kin and then presented in Hanover as part of the focus Kinshasa Connection. The focus also included discussions and the academy of the festival grant-holders. The reader, that is available here, documents the colloquia during Theaterformen, outlines the co-productions and reports on the aims and ideas of shared spaces, as formulated at the inauguration.

No other continent is approached with the same ignorance as is Africa. But why is that so? Presence of the Colonial Past, the focus of the Theaterformen Festival 2010 in Braunschweig, has essentially explored this question in the most divergent formats. The focus embraced a series of films, four theatre productions, a thematic weekend and finally this online publication, which documents the experiences and impulses initiated at Theaterformen 2010.


In 2010 Festival Theaterformen celebrated its 20th anniversary. It was time to recall the eleven editions of the festival that took place in Braunschweig and Hannover between 1990 and 2010. The anniversary volume gives an extensive and richly illustrated overview of all the productions staged at Theaterformen in the last 20 years. Those who took part and shaped the festival over the years share their personal experiences with us: curators, artists, sponsors, staff and spectators. 20 Jahre Theaterformen takes us on a trip down memory lane summing up two decades of German and International festival history.

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