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The Schöne Aussicht (Bright View) International Theater Festival, which appeals to young people and children, but most of all to those who still feel young and have a child spirit, ended last Sunday (June, 13), but the recordings of the performances can be watched until the end of June. One of the four shows of the festival was the production of Compagnie Bakelite from France called Envahisseurs (Invaders). It was Olivier Rannou, who both created and staged it, which is one of the qualified examples of object theater. Its subtitle, “Theatre with Unknown Objects”, contains a pleasant humor about both its content and form and the show itself. On one hand, it refers to the "unknown" state of the invading aliens, and on the other hand, it mocks the "known" state of all the objects used in the show, which we are familiar from our daily lives. Well, what are the things Rannou used in the show? Three bond-style briefcases, miniature soldiers, visceral dolls, touristic min...

Since the International Theater Festival Schöne Aussicht (Bright View), which is organized biennially by JES (Junges Ensemble Stuttgart / Stuttgart Young Ensemble) with the financial support of the municipality and the ministry, was canceled last year due to the pandemic, it takes place this year both in the physical space and online for the theaters in Germany starting to open.   There are not only performances at the festival, but also various events and most importantly, a workshop organized by ASSITEJ (International Association of Children's and Youth Theaters) that lasts for a week during the festival. This workshop titled Concepts for a Theater of Solidarity for Young Audiences is held via Zoom and is open to professional artists and anyone wanting to change things. Respecting and not categorizing the various realities lived in, the workshop is built on thinking and exchanging ideas about questions such as; How can we create theatre for young audiences that practices solida...