Christoph Schlingensief has been visiting Mozambique in order to find a location for the planned Festspielhaus Africa. Possible locations are also Burkina Faso and Cameroon. The 48-year-old Schlingensief wants to open a Festspielhaus in Africa, both open to African artists as well as artists from other continents. His project is supported by the Goethe-Institut and the German Foreign Office

Excerpt from “Deutschland, Deine Künstler”, a TV-feature on Christoph Schlingensief and the Festspielhaus Afrika which has been aired on July 9th, 2009 on ARD

The artist Christoph Schlingensief, gravely ill with cancer, travels through Africa looking for a place to build his festival theater Read more »

Christoph Schlingensief has been visiting Burkina Faso in order to find a location for the planned Festspielhaus Africa. Possible locations are also Mozambique and Cameroon. The 48-year-old Schlingensief wants to open a Festspielhaus in Africa, both open to African artists as well as artists from other continents. His project is supported by the Goethe-Institut and the German Foreign Office

TV-feature from May 22nd, 2009 on Christoph Schlingensiefs lecture at the University of Ouagadougou

Acclaimed theater director Christoph Schlingensief has publicly worked through his recent brush with death with a best-selling book and a new play. Now he’s looking to leave a legacy in Africa before time runs out.

Schlingensief is to head to Africa on May 17 to visit potential locations for his next project: a festival theater for the continent. Burkina Faso, Mozambique and Tanzania are candidates for the endeavor, which has already received official support from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Goethe Institute.Africa is, after all, “the cradle of opera” and holds the “roots of music history,” the director has said, adding that he wants to complete the project quickly. Read more »

Project exposé on Christoph Schlingensiefs Festspielhaus Afrika (PDF Download german / english)

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