Ein-Mensch-Theater ( "human being") is a German expression for a traveling theater, within the owner is writer, director, stage designer, performer and sometimes even his own tour manager in one person.

Origin

The term was coined by Natias Neutert after his performance (The poet stumbles into the open) at Schauspielhaus Bochum during a panel discussion with Peter Zadek

One-Mensch-Theater

Goal

His intention was going to replace the worn and partial label one-man show by a label under which both males and females could find equally.

One-Mensch-Theater

Exponents

Dario Fo, Robert Kreis, Johnny Melville, Natias Neutert and Franca Rame became famous exponents as this type of theater in Europe.

One-Mensch-Theater

See also

Commedia dell'arte

Monodrama

Monologue

References

Theatre in Germany

Theatrical genres

1978 neologisms

German words and phrases

20th-century German literature