BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T020000 RDATE:20250330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T020000 RDATE:20260329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261025T020000 RDATE:20270328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271031T020000 RDATE:20280326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20281029T020000 RDATE:20290325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20291028T020000 RDATE:20300331T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20301027T020000 RDATE:20310330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20311026T020000 RDATE:20320328T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20321031T020000 RDATE:20330327T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20331030T020000 RDATE:20340326T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20341029T020000 RDATE:20350325T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20351028T020000 RDATE:20360330T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20361026T020000 RDATE:20370329T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CET END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20241005T193000 RDATE:20241027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T030000 RDATE:20251026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T030000 RDATE:20261025T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270328T030000 RDATE:20271031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20280326T030000 RDATE:20281029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20290325T030000 RDATE:20291028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20300331T030000 RDATE:20301027T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20310330T030000 RDATE:20311026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20320328T030000 RDATE:20321031T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20330327T030000 RDATE:20331030T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20340326T030000 RDATE:20341029T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20350325T030000 RDATE:20351028T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20360330T030000 RDATE:20361026T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:Europe/Berlin CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0c775197fb5770be09af70212413e646 CATEGORIES:Hamburg Happenings CREATED:20250918T155156 SUMMARY:The English Theatre of Hamburg :THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS by Mickle Maher DESCRIPTION:\n \nAn Evening Celebrating Transatlantic Friendship – Theatre, Dialogue, a nd Community\nOn the occasion of German-American Friendship Day and in cele bration of the long-standing\npartnership between Hamburg and Chicago, The English Theatre of Hamburg invites you to a special\nevening of live perfor mance, cultural exchange, and community.\nThe evening will feature the accl aimed absurdist play THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS by Mickle Maher,\nintroduced by Chicago-born director Rebecca Garron. Following the play, we will explor e the Chicago\ntheatre scene and the legacy of absurdism in American theatr e.\nIn the spirit of connection and collaboration, we will also hear brief presentations from a variety of\nAmerican clubs and institutions here in Ha mburg, highlighting the vibrant and diverse transatlantic\ncommunity in our city.\nWe look forward to celebrating the many ways in which art, friendsh ip, and cultural dialogue\ncontinue to bring us together.\nPunctuating the final scene of The Cherry Orchard, Anton Chekhov wrote: “Suddenly a distant sound\nis heard, coming as if out of the sky, like the sound of a string s napping, slowly and sadly dying away.”\nThat one sentence — one of the grea test stage directions in Western theatre — has baffled sound\ndesigners for over a century.\nIn Mickle Maher’s THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS, the playwrigh t has developed a deft deconstruction\nof artistic collaboration through th e absurdist conceit of pairing two of history’s most famous deaf\nartists, Ludwig van Beethoven and Quasimodo, the fictional bell ringer of Notre Dame . Over 11\nscenes, or ‘variations,’ the story plays out the duo’s comical a nd frustrating attempts to create\nChekov’s famous sound effect – one doome d by their mutual deafness, unpleasant working\nconditions, and the fact th at Beethoven has not yet finished reading The Cherry Orchard.\nTHE HUNCHBAC K VARIATIONS questions the nature of music and sound, and performance in a\ nmoving and fearless meditation on collaboration and the creative process.\ nCOST;Tickets at € 25,00 are available at the theatre’s box office, by phon e 040/227 70 89, or online on the\ntheatre’s website:\neth-hamburg.de\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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An Evening Celebr ating Transatlantic Friendship – Theatre, Dialogue, and Community< br />On the occasion of German-American Friendship Day and in celebration o f the long-standing
partnership between Hamburg and Chicago, The Engli sh Theatre of Hamburg invites you to a special
evening of live perform ance, cultural exchange, and community.
The evening will feature the a cclaimed absurdist play THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS by Mickle Maher,
intr oduced by Chicago-born director Rebecca Garron. Following the play, we will explore the Chicago
theatre scene and the legacy of absurdism in Amer ican theatre.
In the spirit of connection and collaboration, we will a lso hear brief presentations from a variety of
American clubs and inst itutions here in Hamburg, highlighting the vibrant and diverse transatlanti c
community in our city.
We look forward to celebrating the many ways in which art, friendship, and cultural dialogue
continue to bring us together.

Punctuating the final scene of The Cherry Orchard, Anto n Chekhov wrote: “Suddenly a distant sound
is heard, coming as if out of the sky, like the sound of a string snapping, slowly and sadly dying awa y.”
That one sentence — one of the greatest stage directions in Wester n theatre — has baffled sound
designers for over a century.
In Mi ckle Maher’s THE HUNCHBACK VARIATIONS, the playwright has developed a deft deconstruction
of artistic collaboration through the absurdist conceit of pairing two of history’s most famous deaf
artists, Ludwig van Beet hoven and Quasimodo, the fictional bell ringer of Notre Dame. Over 11
scenes, or ‘variations,’ the story plays out the duo’s comical and frustrat ing attempts to create
Chekov’s famous sound effect – one doomed by th eir mutual deafness, unpleasant working
conditions, and the fact that Beethoven has not yet finished reading The Cherry Orchard.
THE HUNCHBA CK VARIATIONS questions the nature of music and sound, and performance in a
moving and fearless meditation on collaboration and the creative proc ess.

COST;Tickets at € 25,00 are available at the th eatre’s box office, by phone 040/227 70 89, or online on the

theatre’ s website:
eth-hamburg.de

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