A theater workshop with Heinz-Uwe Haus

Following Brecht's Method for Actors, Dramaturges, Designers & Directors the workshop will familiarize the participants with methods of practical theatre making developed on the basis of a Brechtian mindset and technique. It trains an “epic theatre making“. Included will be analysis of dramaturgy, theatrical realization of the text, scenic situation, and grouping, use of space, character definition and development. It investigates significant actions and realistic detail, attitude and social gestus, discovery and demonstration of breaks in the action and storytelling to discover and project contradictions.

The training exercises as well as the methodical reflections focus on the „common ground“ of writing, directing and acting. It is also my aim to enable the participants to work with others in a way that elicits co-operation, clarity, and committed action.

Heinz-Uwe Haus is a Theatre director, Cultural Studies expert and Theatre scholar; since 1997 Professor at the Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP) and the Theatre Department of the University of Delaware, Newark (USA).

Educated and trained in Germany at the Film Academy Potsdam- Babelsberg (Acting), as well as at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin (Cultural Studies, German Literature and Theatre Science), Dr. Haus began his artistic and academic career as director at the Deutsches Theater, Berlin, and founding member of the East Berlin Directing Institute.

His productions include plays of the Ancient Greeks, Shakespeare, German classics, Brecht and the Expressionists, performed both in Germany and such countries as Canada, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Italy, Turkey and the USA. Some of these productions have appeared in Festivals throughout Europe.

Dr. Haus has been a guest professor at more than a dozen North American universities (such as NYU, Villanova, CSUN and the University of Washington) and has given more than 500 lectures and workshops worldwide. Besides publishing in his field, he writes about intercultural and political topics in German, English and Greek media. His literary texts and poetry as well as his work as painter (partly under his pseudonym Jean Bodin) are only recently made known to a wider international audience.

In 1986 he co-founded the International Workshop and Study Center for Ancient Greek Drama in Oiniades (Greece) when in 1989/90, he was a board member of the East German "Democratic Awakening" party (Demokratischer Aufbruch) and founder and representative of "The Praxis Group" in the US. What is more in 1992 - 1993 he worked as founding director of the Bildungszentrum Schloss Wendgräben of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation. Dr Haus has also chaired the Intercultural group of ISSEI (International Society for the Study of European Ideas) since 1994 and since 1996 has been a member of its Executive Committee.

In 2000 he has been elected into the Council of the Autorenkreis der Bundesrepublik. One year before, in 1999 and until 2005 he served as Vice Chair of the (German) Wilton Park organization. In 2007 he joined the International Editorial Boards of Carmina Balcanica (Romania), Symposium and Gracious Light (USA). From 2004 until 2007 he served as Academic Chair of the Institute for Ancient Greek Drama and Theatre in Droushia-Paphos (Cyprus).

Dr. Haus is Honorary Member of the Cyprus Centre of the International Theatre Institute and Honorary Citizen of the Greek community Katohi. In 2005 he received the Best Director Theatre Award THOC.

How to apply: By sending us your CV at [email protected], before November 21st. For more info contact 22864306.

Number of participants: Maximum 12 persons

The participation fee will be fully covered by THOC.