Breaking News
From: Thursday, 7th May 2009
To: Saturday, 9 May 2009
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Synopsis
In an age of non-stop digital news we are bombarded with short, sharp fixes of ‘reality’ 24/7. But what is news? Who decides? And once it’s been edited, filtered and interpreted, does the event continue to exist at all?
Our Review:
8 May 2009
It’s often said that theatre can’t compete with real life – what theatrical event could match the impact of the attack on the World Trade Centre? But this ground-breaking show by German experimental group Rimini Protokoll combines elements of theatre and news coverage by examining how news stories are reported across the world. Rimini Protokoll is a group set up by joint directors Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel whose trademark is how people interact during their normal workin day - in this case, journalists.
It’s a show that has previously been seen only in Germany and Austria so it’s a bit of coup for Brighton Festival to host the first English-language premiere. The format is a simple: eight people (a mix of journalists and interpreters) stand in front of a bank of TV sets which show news programmes from around the world: the BBC and German news channels interspersed with news shows from Iceland, the Middle East, Latin America, India, Pakistan a...
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