Boris Nikitin - F for Fake (after Orson Welles)

F for Fake (after Orson Welles)

Theater Neumarkt

10., 12. November 2010

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Festival bestOFFStyria, Graz

7. September 2010

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Mousonturm, Frankfurt

12., 13., 14. Februar 2010

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Festival "Impulse", Ringlokschuppen, Festival "Impulse", Mülheim a. Ruhr

5. Dezember 2009

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Festival Impulse, Bochum, Prinz-Regent

4. Dezember 2009

weitere Aufführungen…

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Festival "Impulse", Düsseldorf, FFT

28. November 2009

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i-camp, München

23. Mai 2009

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Festival "plateaux", Mousonturm, Frankfurt

24., 25., 26. April 2009

Conceived, directed and designed by: Boris Nikitin
Performer &Texts: Malte Scholz
Dramaturgy: Kris Merken
Technicals Director: Johanna Seitz

Premiere: 20.7.2008, rehearsal stage, ATW Giessen
Invited to festival "Impulse" 2009.
Priced with Dietmar N. Schmidt-price.

Produced by Boris Nikitin. Cocomissioned by Festival "plateaux".
Supported by Kulturamt Stadt Giessen and Hessischen Theaterakademie.
Elaborated at Institut for Applied Theatre Studies Giessen.

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FAZ: „As a scenic reflection on the uncatchable promises of the lies-and illusion-machinery of theatre Nikitin’s play cannot be topped“

Theater heute:"As highly convincing meta autonomous the director Boris Nikitin ans his giftet performer Malte Scholz polish up the image of political dead-article-topics such as "media and manipulation". Nikitin and Scholz jazz all fragments to a fake, from the own biography to the tarted up lightshow.(...)Finally someone indeed questions the structural point that makes a content and a media relevant for each other."

Tagesanzeiger: "A devilish-genious evening, that has been developed by the director Boris Nikitin and his performer Malte Scholz. It has the power to turn whole audiences into euphoria."

Laudatio zum Dietmar N. Schmidt-Preis bei Impulse '09 : "`F for Fake` is the concentrated result of the strongly conceptual Tour d´Horizon which “Woyzeck” still was as a pile of material. With “Fake” we see a departure from there to an intelligent as well as emphatic, ironic as well as authentic, a theatrically reflected as well as richly symbolic work. This is a real development toward a specific theatrical language which is both complex and comprehensible. This prize is to give an impulse for many more departures."

In Orson Welles’ „F for Fake“, a faker claims his work a piece of art. „F wie Fälschung“ also deals with fraud, delusion, and magic. Boris Nikitin’s exemplary initial point – a theatre production – draws a multi-layered and entertaining reflection on reality.
It is an intricate play with the play, with the reliability of experience, and the illusion of reality.