Music theatre by Dritte Degeneration Ost, for the first time with audio description and tactile guidance
On 4 July, ‘OPER OTZE AXT’ will celebrate its premiere at Theater Bremen, the third partner theatre of the sixth production of ‘NOperas!’, an initiative of the Experimental Music Theatre Fund (feXm) of the NRW KULTURsekretariat in Wuppertal. It was preceded by successful premieres at the Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen (MiR) and the Staatstheater Darmstadt. All performances were changed and further developed specifically for each location in a process. Further performance dates in Bremen: 5 and 6 July 2025.
The special feature of the ‘OPER OTZE AXT’ performances at Bremen Theatre: Two of the three performance dates (4 and 6 July) will take place with audio description, with participants receiving a description of the stage action via headphones. This information provides blind and visually impaired people with orientation for an intensive visit to the music theatre. In addition, a tactile tour is offered before the performance to allow participants to feel parts of the stage set or costumes.
Presumably very much in the spirit of the GDR punk band ‘Schleimkeim’, which inspired the musical theatre ‘OPER OTZE AXT’, the performance date on 5 July in Bremen will be accompanied by ‘Punk goes Goetheplatz’ – subculture meets high culture. This is a concert event organised by Kochkraft through KMA, Grenzkontrolle, Nein Danke, Nervous Assistant and Double Life. The aim of ‘Common Ground’ is to counter the drifting apart of societies, the polarisation, divisions and radicalisation and to create space for connecting and joining forces.
The next ‘NOperas!’ production starts in the 2025/26 season
The next production of the NRW KULTURsekretariat’s ‘NOperas!’ funding initiative is ‘Die Kantine’, a project by composer, director and filmmaker Nico Sauer with premieres at the Münster Theatre and the Staatstheater Darmstadt. This sustainable project also takes a process-oriented approach to the production conditions of music theatre in the organised opera business and is adapted to the two theatres on a site-specific basis.
