Rimini Protokoll

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Rimini Protokoll
Formation2000
TypeTheatre group
PurposeTheatre
Location
Membership
  • Helgard Haug
  • Stefan Kaegi
  • Daniel Wetzel
Website rimini-protokoll.de

Rimini Protokoll is a German theatre group founded in 2000 by Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel. They create stage plays, interventions, scenic installations, and radio plays. Many of their works are characterized by interactivity and a playful use of technology. [1]

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Methods and organization

Rimini Protokoll is a collaboration between the artists Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, and Daniel Wetzel. [2] The three met while attending the Institute for Applied Theatre Studies at the University of Giessen in Germany. [3] They are a team of authors, directors, and designers of sound, stage, and videos, who have been working together since 1999. [4]

A few characteristics typically apply to Rimini Protokoll productions:

Awards and recognition

Rimini Protokoll have several times been invited to the "10 best" of the theatre festival Berliner Theatertreffen, most recently with "All right. Good night." (2022) [22] and "Chinchilla Arsehole, eyeye" (2020). [23]

Literature and video

Literature

Video portraits

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