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German Theatres – Flemish Landscapes: Contextualizing Milo Rau’s NTGent Period 

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Abstract

Swiss-German theatre-maker Milo Rau is one of contemporary Western European theatre’s most controversial and influential directors. Rau’s political, documentary-inspired theatre has been celebrated since 2008 – the founding of his independent production company, the International Institute of Political Murder – for its fearless political engagement, using different performative lenses to explore the intersection of local and transnational issues such as social justice, migrant rights, diversity, visibility, post- and decoloniality, and better integrating the theatre into the city. While Rau is often looked at as an international director, it is important to remember that he began and has spent most of his career within Germany’s theatre scene. 

Keywords: Milo Rau, German Public Theatre, Flemish City-Theatre, NTGent, Postmigrant Theatre, Diversification, Precarity

How to Cite:

Climenhaga, L., (2025) “German Theatres – Flemish Landscapes: Contextualizing Milo Rau’s NTGent Period ”, Documenta 42(2): 3, 49–73. doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/documenta.91564