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Malmö has the honour of hosting what might be Sweden’s most
important and interesting theatre in Teatr Weimar.
– Kvällsposten
If one should attempt to identify a power dynamo in Malmö’s
theatrical life at the moment, one would have to change to red ink as
the line approaches Teatr Weimar. In a few years, the free theatre group
hosted in the cultural block of Saint Gertrud by Caroli has become more
than an aesthetically progressive scene. Teatr Weimar is today one of
the most dynamic players within the performing arts in Sweden, and during
the last year alone, the group has, alongside its own productions, cooperated
with Unga Dramaten as well as Malmö Stadsteater, and now, as its
latest partner, Ensemble Ars Nova. Few artists receive this type of opportunity
for unexpected and unconventional cooperations during their lifetime –
but neither would all of them be ready to take up the challenge. Teatr
Weimar, on the other hand, seems to have been triggered by the hinterlands
of theatre.
– Kvällsposten
”When I have studied the example of Teatr Weimar closer, I will
stop writing theatre criticism. Instead, I will sell my insights to newly
started theatre ensembles who wish to establish themselves as the future
of Swedish theatre in the shortest time possible. Teatr Weimar seems to
have cracked that code.”
– Dagens Nyheter
Teatr Weimar’s time is now. Now, the spectators crowd. Probably
because this is where one gets to experience the next generation of playwrights,
and the next generation’s most interesting actors. One gets a feeling
of being on the train to the future – one of them, at least –
and catching a glimpse of the fragmented and conflicted present.
– Dagens Nyheter
Personally I can not do anythong but love a group that take language so
seriously, like a Jelinek or a Gombrowitz but in their absolutely unique
way
/ Swedish Radio,
Teatr Weimar work as artists in fine arts. They take a famous play that
they work around and create something completely new.
/ Swedish Radio, (a different broadcast)
It’s impossible to claim anything other than Teatr Weimar being
in the forefront of Swedish theatre when it comes to being up-to-date
on questions dealing significantly with the contemporary pulse of our
society.
– Uppsala Nya Tidning
The concept from Malmö is beginning to gain traction in the rest
of Sweden. This autumn, Teatr Weimar will not only perform at Malmö
Stadsteater. They will also begin a cooperation with the national theatre,
Dramaten. The revolution spreads.
– Helsingborgs Dagblad
This is courageous theatre (...) because the performance rest so heavily
on the text, a Jelinek-like showdown on our societies gender order. Teatr
Weimar is one of the exceptions in Swedish Theatre, if one should believe
the experts. Swedish theater are often described as anxious and scared,
a theatre that ask the question, may I please raise a question? What should
be my purpose? The questinos is hardly audible and the answer exist somewhere
in the echoing silence. This is theatre that dares.
/ Ny tid
Smart and provocative theatre that at the same time alienates and gets
close.
/ Göteborgsposten
Malmö based Teatr Weimar has in a short time got a very good reputation
as one of Sweden´s most interesting theatres with the outspoken
ambition to develop the theatre as an art form. The stage are, in Teatr
Weimars hands, a room for exploration, where different theories of "what
is is to be human" will be investigated.
/ Kulturen, a magazine on culture