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Abstract

The following text is taken from a talk given by the German composer and director Heiner Goebbels as part of a Performance Forum discussion on German music-theatre and the Berliner Volksbuhne's performance of MURX at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London. The forum included Christoph Marthaler (director of MURX), Mathias Lilienthal (dramaturge at the Berliner Volksbuhne), Philip Brady (Birkbeck College, University of London), Friedrich Dieckmann (East German theatre critic) and others, and was chaired by Alan Read (director of talks, ICA). A tape of the complete ICA Performance Forum discussion is available from the ICA, London.