Bücher der Reihe Goldenes Buch / Golden Book

The Golden Books are a joint project by NTGent and the Berlin publisher Verbrecher Verlag. It is a series comprising programme articles on theatre, aesthetics and politics as well as background pieces on projects by NTGent. A series on both the theory and the practice of an engaged theatre of the future.The Art of Resistance is the fourth volume in this series. It gathers speeches, essays, interviews and manifestos, written and performed by artists, activists, journalists and lawyers. How can we practice solidarity? Fight an unjust systemof imperialism and neoliberal capitalism? Give a voice to the unheard?With contributions from Colette Braeckman, Luanda Casella, Maria Lucia Cruz Correia, Aminata Demba, Douglas Estevam da Silva, Heleen Debeuckelaere, Beatrice Delvaux, Ulrike Guerot, Dalilla Hermans, Prince Kihangi, Daniel Lima, Robert Menasse, Ogutu Muraya, Yoonis Osman Nuur, Brunilda Pali, Milo Rau, Hendrik Schoukens, Yvan Sagnet, Lara Staal, Terreyro Coreografico / Daniel Fagus Kairoz, Marc-Antoine Vumilia, Harald Welzer, Veridiana Zurita.

The "Golden Books" are a joint project by NTGent and the Berlin publisher Verbrecher Verlag. It is a series comprising programme articles on theatre, aesthetics and politics as well as background pieces on productions and projects by NTGent. A series on both the theory and the practice of a "city theatre of the future"."Orestes in Mosul" is the third volume in this series. It was published in April 2019 for the European premiere of Milo Rau's theatre production. The volume gathers material and original texts as well as background interviews about the production that has been created with actors from Europe and Iraq and with rehearsals and a pre-premiere in the city of Mosul.What happens if a theatre group from Belgium goes to Mosul? How can a classic be actualized? And what can we learn from the suffering and the resistence of the population in Mosul under ISIS? This book offers an insight into the production, the research and the characters involved: the making of "Orestes in Mosul".Milo Rau was born in Bern in 1977 and works as a director, writer and activist. He is the author of more than 50 plays, films, books and actions. Since 2018 he has been the artistic director of NTGent. His most recent works published by Verbrecher Verlag are Das Kongo Tribunal (2017), Lenin (2017), Global Realism (2018) and Lam Gods (2018).

Die Reihe "Die Goldenen Bücher" entsteht in Zusammenarbeit des belgischen NTGent mit dem Berliner Verbrecher Verlag und veröffentlicht programmatische Texte zu Theater, Ästhetik und Politik sowie Begleitbücher zu Inszenierungen und Projekten des NTGent: eine Textreihe zu Praxis und Theorie eines "Stadttheaters der Zukunft"."Globaler Realismus" ist der erste Band dieser Reihe und erscheint zur Eröffnung der ersten Spielzeit von Milo Rau als künstlerischer Leiter des NTGent im Herbst 2018. Der Band versammelt - in einer deutsch-englischen und einer niederländisch-französischen Ausgabe - Grundlagentexte, Gespräche und Essays aus den letzten zehn Jahren zur Arbeit von Milo Rau und dem IIPM - International Institute of Political Murder.Milo Rau, geboren 1977 in Bern, arbeitet als Regisseur, Autor und sozialer Plastiker. Sein Werk umfasst über 50 Theaterstücke, Filme, Bücher und Aktionen. Im Verbrecher Verlag erschienen von ihm zuletzt "Die Europa Trilogie" (2016), "Das Kongo Tribunal" (2017), "Five Easy Pieces/Die 120 Tage von Sodom" (2017) und "Lenin" (2017).