TRASH, THE CITY AND DEATH
MAMMUTTHEATRE / THE HOUSE THEATRE / COPENHAGEN 1989
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WRITER: RAINER W. FASSBINDER
DIRECTOR: KLAUS HOFFMEYER

* Contemplating the current fall lineup of productions, as things stand now I would gladly swap all of the whole Royal Theater and four fifths of the so-called Regional Stage in Copenhagen for this one show: Mammutteatret’s premiere of Fassbinder’s posthumous and – for all the wrong reasons – scandal-embroiled ‘Trash, the City and Death’ at Husets Teater directed by Hoffmeyer and with scenography by B.v.H.H.S. - This is edgy theater that dares to probe the forbidden, name taboos and experiment with the language of theater to express what everyone disowns: human suffering caused by humans.
B.v.H.H.S’s excellent scenography, though not the moon, is as habitable as concrete-fresh renovation with protruding water pipes.

- Politiken / Newspaper / Michael Bonnesen -

* This is not least thanks to B.v.H.H.S’s simple scenography of cracked masonry, dirt and sand, pair of rickety chairs and toppled sofa – a stage space perfectly exploited and a choreographic direction approaching that of dance.

- Berlingske / Newspaper / Camilla Christensen -

* No doubt about it! This is the most original, the best show this fall season. The delivery of the words is astonishingly successful. The scenography and choreography are first class.

- Information / Newspaper / Chr. Mailand-Hansen -

* The production masters the stylized expression, the aesthetics of decay, in B.v.H.H.S’s scenery. The 16 actors leave their distinct individual marks within the designated framework. As theater, this Fassbinder play is boundlessly excellent.

- Det Fri Aktuelt / Newspaper / Birthe Johansen -

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