Sunday, October 6th 2013

hiSTOREy Ladengeschichten in Giesing, organised by Cadam. Two dance performances in temporary empty shops, connected by a walking tour where participants can explore the history of the borough. Stories of abandoned bakeries, closed cafés and the businesses that took their place. Stories of the people who lived and worked here, of those who went away, those who stayed, and those who have returned. Great project, even if the dance performances were not quite my cup of tea (my fault,  not the fault of the dancers, who were amazing, as far as I can judge).

Saturday, October 5th 2013

Went to see "Kunst" in the Metropol theatre. I had unexpectedly won two tickets through a drawing via the thatre's mailing list. It was another play directed by Jochen Schölch. Very static and minimalistic, as was the previous one we saw (seems to be Schölch's personal style), but this time I liked it a lot more than the previous one ("Nichts. Was im Leben wichtig ist."). It was interesting to see how the actors fought the stasis on stage, trying to build up at least some level of suspense and create interest for the development of their characters despite the monotonous staging.

Saw off the evening celebrating a friend's Birthday at his place with a lot of red wine, cheese, olives and spare ribs.