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Guided tours in May - Mark Twain in Heidelberg
Guided tours in May - Mark Twain in Heidelberg
by Heidelberg's Association of Tour Guides
"Beginning at the Student Prison and the Alte Aula of Heidelberg University, we trace the footsteps of Mark Twain as described in his humorous book, "A Tramp Abroad." Mark Twain enriched Heidelberg's image worldwide as a multifaceted city of culture, thus contributing to its becoming some 140 years later Germany's first UNESCO City of Literature."
When?
Saturday, 3rd May, at 15:00 hrs in German language
Saturday, 17th May, at 15:00 hrs in English language
Duration: about 1 1/2 to 2 hours
Where? For both tours, the meeting point is the Lion Fountain on University Square (Grabengasse, with a bus stop directly across from the fountain)
The cost is € 12.00 for adults, € 9.00 for students or pupils (plus possible surcharge for entrance to Student Prison and Alte Aula).
Please call: 06221-436880 or 0177-272-3562 if you wish to attend either tour.
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Talk on 23rd May
Talk on 23rd May
by Ainslie Hepburn
Topic: 'A Jew who defeated Nazism: Herbert Sulzbach's Peace, Reconciliation and a New Germany'
When? Friday, 23rd May, at 19:00 hrs
Where? Heidelberg, venue tba
Biographical notes:
Ainslie Hepburn is a writer, historian and tutor who specializes in the social history of „ordinary“ people during the Second World War. She has a first-class honours degree from the Open University and has tutored adult students at the Workers‘ Educational Association. She is a thorough and deep researcher in both official and rare sources, including oral history. Her work has previously been published in the Journal of the George Bell Institute and in Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte.
Synopsis:
Herbert Sulzbach was a fairly „ordinary“ person who successfully changed the lives of thousands of people at the end of the Second World War. His story is also a microcosm of European history.
Sulzbach came from an elite German Jewish banking family, and was educated in the ideals of the German Enlightenment. In the First World War, he served as a front-line artillery officer with the German Army and fought for his country with courage and patriotism. Defeat was a shattering disappointment, and the economic depression ruined his business and the family banking fortunes. Sulzbach’s life in Berlin with his artistic wife, Beate, was cushioned by wealth and the cultural life of the city, but National Socialism brought this to an end, and he fled with Beate to exile in England where they were interned as ‚enemy aliens‘. In the Second World War, Sulzbach fought in the British army against Nazism. He found his calling as an interpreter and educator in PoW camps where his work of ‚de-nazification‘ and re-education paved the way to reconciliation. Working with German prisoners of war in Britain – some of them high-ranking officers – and helping German prisoners to return to their homeland to rebuild a new Germany, he made a remarkable contribution to post-war Anglo-German reconciliation and friendship. His personal qualities of empathy were crucial to his work and the important relationships that made this possible. In the course of his lifetime, he was awarded nine medals by six different heads of state.
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Talk on 27th June
Talk on 27th June
by John Sweeney
Topic: ' TrumpPutinageddon: How do we stand up to the useful idiot in the White House and the killer in the Kremlin? '
When? Friday, 27th June, at 19:00 hrs
Where? Heidelberg, venue tba
Biographical notes:
John Sweeney, when at BBC Panorama, challenged both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in person. When the Russian army got within 12 miles of the Ukrainian capital, Sweeney was in the city for the whole of the Battle of Kyiv.
The author of 16 books, his Killer In The Kremlin was a best-seller in English and German.
His latest, Murder In The Gulag, also published in German, is about how Putin had Alexei Navalny poisoned.
He tweets from @johnsweeneyroar to his 260,000 followers, and his catchphrase is Vladimir Putin: Do Fuck Off.
John Sweeney in Bakhmut, 2022. The cup says "Best Grandma" in Ukrainian.
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Theatre play on 7th July
Theatre play on 7th July
TNT Theatre Britain and ADG Europe present
"Much Ado About Nothing"
by William Shakespeare
in English language
When? Monday, 7th July, at 19:30 hrs
Where? Schloss Heidelberg
For more information please also see this website...
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING - Shakespeare's title is as witty and profound as the play it describes. Who is not at their most foolish when in love and at the same time suffers most pain? This sparkling comedy seems light as a feather until it plunges to earth and reveals the darker side of passion - treachery, jealousy and death itself overwhelm frivolity and tragedy threatens. Then Shakespeare changes gear and brings in the clowns - a magnificent gang of incompetent policemen save the day - and, with the aid of deception - love triumphs. This is probably Shakespeare's finest comic plot and introduces two of his finest lovers: Benedict and Beatrice - each masters of wit who discover the limits of that wit. Here is Shakespeare's genius - the play itself explores the boundaries of comedy while its two chief characters discover a depth of feeling beyond the dry humour with which they protect their hearts. Cupid triumphs with an arrow not a smile. Around the two famous lovers gather a lively crew of doting fathers, evil brothers, match-making noblemen, passionate girls and lascivious youths - not to mention bumbling policemen worthy of the Keystone cops and an evil villain who lies in order to destroy. A whirlwind of love turns into a whirlpool of violence and death. But all is redeemed and love triumphs. Was the story truly on of much ado about very little or is it revealed as a profound mirror of the most intense human experience: the giving of one to another?
The production is brought to you by TNT theatre Britain and ADG Europe who have been described by as "the best touring theatre company in the world" (China National TV). Their cycle of Shakespeare's major plays, directed by Paul Stebbings, have been seen in over thirty countries on five continents. Recent productions include OTHELLO, MACBETH, HAMLET and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The plays always include live music, the score for MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING is adapted by Paul Flush and will mix Mozart with a dash of jazz. The style of production will be fast furious and funny, with a careful attention to poetry. The company aim to reveal Shakespeare not impose some artificial director's interpretation - to elucidate this great play not drop it in some pointless setting or update what needs no modernising.This is the real thing - nota museum piece but a vibrant classic that stands the test of time.
"TNT prove how Shakespeare can connect with any audience anywhere in the world" JAPANTIMES
"I never thought Shakespeare could be so entertaining." CNN
"True music theatre." CLASSICAL MUSIC MAGAZINE
"World class theatre". SUDDEUTSCHEZEITUNG
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Choir Concert on 13th July
Choir Concert on 13th July
CAPELLA CAROLINA presents
"The Fairy Queen" by Henry Purcell
When? Sunday, 13th July, time tba
Where? Heidelberg, venue tba
If you would like to join the choir as a singer, please see the poster for more information.
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