Palast Shows
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Roles involved areas of creative production, stage management, assistant creative direction, and associate show direction.
Between 2008 and 2022, I regularly provided creative and production services for Grand Shows and Young Shows at the Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin. Roles involved areas of creative production, stage management, assistant creative direction, and associate show direction.
The Friedrichstadt-Palast is a revue theatre in the heart of the Berlin. Dancing on an institutional history of more than 100 years, today it produces some of the largest ensuite-shows in the Western world with more that 100 dancers, singers and acrobats performing every night. The main stage covers 2,200 square meters and houses a water basin, several podiums, top-notch lighting equipment and the latest LED and projection tech.
Qi – A Palace-Phantasy. 2008. Contemporary Revue. Director: Jürgen Nass. Writer: Jürgen Nass & Roland Welke. Premiered 9 October 2008. Costumes: Stephan Bolz. Choreographers: Sean Cheesman, Patrick King, Maik Damboldt, Ronald Savkovic, Alla Duhova.
Winter Dreams – Cold has never been hotter. 2009. Seasonal Revue. Director: Winfried Schneider. Assistant Director: Corinna Druve. Premiered 8 November 2009. Costumes: Stephan Bolz. Choreographers: Sabine Hack, Maik Damboldt, Alan Barnes, Aliaksei Uvarov, Alex Georgieva.
Yma – Too beautiful to be true. 2010. Contemporary Revue. Director: Jürgen Nass. Writers: Jürgen Nass & Roland Welke. Stage: Circus of Now. Light: Marcus Krömer. Costumes: Michael Michalsky. Choreographers: Anastasia Chaykovskaya, Sean Chessman, Maik Damboldt, Alexandra Georgieva, Craig Revel Horwood, Tatjana Ostroverkh, Ronald Savkovic, Aliaksei Uvarov.
Keinschneechaos. 2015. Revival of the 2013 original production of the same show and was again performed by 200 kids (100 kids in each cast) between the age of 7 and 17. The kids, taking on roles as soloists, singers, and dancers, are trained at the Friedrichstadt-Palast and perform the show about 40 times around the holiday season.
Photos by Stefan Gustavus, Ralph Lahrmann, Tamás Hári, SINISSEY, Friedrichstadt-Palast,