Goethe Annual Lecture 2023 with Katie Mitchell

For the Goethe Annual Lecture 2023, Katie Mitchell described 15 years of working in Germany and how the productions she directed there and the culture she encountered changed her working practice and her view of British theatre. Mitchell has directed over 100 productions in a career spanning 30 years – many of them in Germany. Her work includes text-based theatre, opera and ‘live cinema’ productions - a unique combination of video and theatre techniques. Mitchell has split her time between working in the UK and mainland Europe, and she has garnered many awards for her works in several countries. In Germany she has directed numerous productions, presented at the Schaubühne in Berlin (Fraulein Julie, Orlando) and Deutsches SchauSpielHaus Hamburg (Reisende auf einem Bein) among others. In her talk she addressed the differences between theatre making in the UK and Germany and her feminist approach to her work. The lecture was followed by a Q&A with University of Sussex Senior Lecturer, Ben Fowler.