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Judith Buss
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All Abled Arts

The Münchner Kammerspiele is embarking on a path to further develop the theatre artistically and structurally together with artists with so-called disabilities.

All Abled Arts

Documentary short film

What does All Abled Arts mean for us?

We question the Münchner Kammerspiele as an institution: What conditions do artists with so-called disabilities need in order not to be hindered in their art? What rehearsal structure? How many breaks? What tempo of speaking? What spaces of understanding can we develop so that colleagues with different speaking, listening and working tempos can work well together?

What changes are necessary to make the Münchner Kammerspiele accessible in front of and behind the stage? What skills does a diverse ensemble and team need?

How can we ensure that staff members with so-called impairments do not adapt to existing structures, but that they can expand and change existing structures? How can they also be active at decision-making levels and leave a lasting mark on the work of the Münchner Kammerspiele?

Artists with so-called disabilities will actively shape artistic practice at the Münchner Kammerspiele as ensemble members, directors, writers and workshop leaders.

The ensemble includes three actors with so-called physical disabilities. And four actors with so-called cognitive disabilities, all graduates of the acting training at the Freie Bühne München. They are permanent members of the ensemble.

Since until now there have been no colleagues with so-called cognitive disabilities at German municipal theatres, we are carefully trying to find out together how we can work together.

Directors and writers with so-called disabilities will work with us in a variety of constellations, questioning aesthetic standards and expanding common ways of seeing and expressing with their work.

We connect with companies, artists, institutions and communities on different levels. We want to create common spaces of exchange and encounter, share knowledge and artistic practices.

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A Theater der Zeit special.

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That was the MK: All Abled Arts – Festival

Festival of inclusive theater

11. – 14.1.2024


A long weekend for our thematic focus All Abled Arts: art by and for people of all abilities as a matter of course. Since the beginning of Barbara Mundel’s artistic directorship, artists with and without disabilities have been working together at the Kammerspiele. With our own productions, guest performances, music and panels, we showcased aesthetic diversity and the current state of specialist discussions. Plus: parties and get-togethers.

Invitation in German Sign Language

Audio flyer for the festival

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Our partners

Per.Art

Per.Art is an independent organisation in Novi Sad, Serbia. Since 1999, its programme “Art and Inclusion” gathers artists with and without learning disabilities, and culture professionals.

disabilityartsinternational.org

Teatr 21

Theater HORA

Theater HORA from Zurich is one of the best-known independent dance, theater and performance groups in Switzerland. The group regularly collaborates with important artists and collectives from Switzerland and abroad and performs at local, national and international venues on the theater scene.

Meine Damen und Herren

The theater ensemble MEINE DAMEN UND HERREN from Hamburg is a permanent group of professional actors with so-called mental disabilities. Since 1996, they have developed a large number of plays and staged them at Kampnagel, the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater, the Forum Freies Theater in Düsseldorf and at festivals.

meinedamenundherren.net

Members of the companies will appear as experts in workshops, co-curate them, direct or act in some of them or co-write various productions. We will invite the companies to Munich for guest performances. They will also contribute to publications and the website and provide advice to the Münchner Kammerspiele.

We have also teamed up with local groups, including the Freie Bühne München and the Pfennigparade’s creative lab.

The specials and educational programs of the All Abled Arts Festival were funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of the model project ZUGÄNGLICHES THEATER.