Artist Handbook Dear artists, dear guests, we would like to welcome you to HELLERAU and Dresden! We are hoping that you can make yourself at home at HELLERAU for the time of your stay - we will try our best to make it an unique experience for you. We are very happy to have you here with us and to be able to present your artistic work to our audience. One of our main aims is to develop HELLERAU as a place of exchanging ideas, to initiate encounters and meetings with other artists and with our audience. So we welcome you with all our hearts to become part of this interaction and hope that you will leave with new friends and experiences. This handbook tries to provide helpful information to make your stay as pleasant as possible. Do not hesitate to ask us anything, if you have any questions. Welcome to HELLERAU and see you either at rehearsal, at your performance or afterwards for a drink and talk – or all of the above. Warmest regards, Carena Schlewitt and her team 2 Team HELLERAU Artistic and Managing Directors Carena Schlewitt Leonie Kusterer Marc D. Ulrich Artistic Director Assistant and Artistic Associate Managing Director T +49 351 264 62 30 to Artistic Director T +49 351 264 62 10 [email protected] T +49 351 264 62 30 [email protected] [email protected] Sibylle Keller Assistant to Managing Director T +49 351 264 62 11 [email protected] Programme Directors Contact for all details concerning your contract and other questions. Moritz Lobeck André Schallenberg Frank Geißler Programme Director Music Programme Director Theatre Programming Consultant and Media and Dance T +49 351 264 62 26 T +49 351 264 62 19 T +49 351 264 62 13 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Dr. des. Frauke Wetzel Judith Hellmann Elisabeth Krefta Head of Audience Development, Artistic Administration, Project Assistant and Artistic Associate Cultural Education, Networks Coordination, Refugee Art Center to Programme Director +49 351 264 62 37 T +49 351 264 62 38 T +49 351 264 62 32 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Press and Public Relations Contact for all press-related issues. Henriette Roth Mareen Friedrich Simone Michel Head of Communication Online Communication Head of Visitor Centre, T +49 351 264 62 18 and Social Media Ticketing [email protected] T +49 351 264 62 14 T +49 351 264 62 31 [email protected] [email protected] Finances and Controlling Contact for all questions concerning your contract and financial details. Friedemann Heinrich Katrin Meinig Susanna Rentsch Financial Management and Controlling Financial Manager and Controlling Contract Manager T +49 351 264 62 21 T +49 351 264 62 40 T +49 351 264 62 20 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 3 Team HELLERAU Technical Staff Contact for all technical issues that need to be solved. Kai Kaden Helge Petzold Tobias Blasberg Technical Director Building Manager Head of Sound and Media Engineering Construction and Stage Planner, T +49 351 264 62 66 T +49 351 264 62 65 Deputy Building Manager [email protected] [email protected] T +49 351 264 62 60 [email protected] Falk Dittrich Peter R. Fiebig Head of Lighting Theatrical Technician T +49 351 264 62 67 T +49 351 264 62 57 [email protected] [email protected] Residencies + Apartments Hellerau Contact for all questions concerning the apartments or residencies. Rosa Müller Assistant Residency Program T +49 351 264 62 34 [email protected] Production Office Contact for all other questions or all the above. Andreas Lorenz Henryk Bastian Dana Bondartschuk Head of Production Office Production Manager Production Manager T +49 351 264 62 12 T +49 351 264 62 61 T +49 351 264 62 39 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Michael Lotz Production Office, IT Coordinator T +49 351 264 62 36 [email protected] 4 Directions Arriving by public transport from Dresden Central Station option 1: - take tram line no. 8 towards Hellerau → get off at „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ option 2: - take tram line no. 7 towards Weixdorf → get off at „Moritzburger Weg“ → change to line no. 8 towards Hellerau → exit „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ photo: Stephan Floss from Dresden Neustadt train station option 1: - S-Bahn 2 towards the airport → get off at „S-Bf. Industriegelände“ → cross the pedestrial bridge to the tram stop (Königs- brücker Straße) „S-Bf. Industriegelände“ → take tram line no. 8 towards Hellerau → get off at „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ option 2: - 7 minutes on foot along Antonstraße to the tram stop “Albertplatz” (between two fountains) → tram line no. 8 towards Hellerau → Exit „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ from Dresden Airport option 1: - S-Bahn 2 towards Pirna Bahnhof → get off at „S-Bf. Industriegelände“ → cross the pedestrial bridge to the tram stop (Kö- nigsbrücker Straße) “S-Bf. Industriegelände" → tram line no. 8 towards Hellerau → get off at „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ option 2: - bus 80 towards Bhf. Klotzsche → get off at „Zur Neuen Brücke“ → change to bus 70 towards Gompitz → exit „Brunnenweg“ → change to tram line 8 towards Hellerau → get off at „Festspielhaus Hellerau“ Travel time always around 30 minutes For timetable information, check the public transport website: www.dvb.de How to reach us by car from Dresden centre - B 97 (Königsbrücker Straße) towards the airport → after approx. 4 km turn left onto Moritzburger Weg (Infineon com- pany on the right) → take the next right onto Klotzscher Weg → follow the tram tracks via Am Hellerrand into Karl-Lieb- knecht-Straße → after approx. 500 m you will find the access road to the grounds of the Festspielhaus on the right-hand side from motorway A4 - exit Dresden-Hellerau → turn left onto Radeburger Straße (B170) in the direction of Dresden-Hellerau/Dresden-Klotzsche → after about 3.5 km turn right at the traffic lights onto Ludwig-Kossuth-Straße → follow the tram tracks via Moritzburger Weg into Karl-Liebknecht-Straße → after approx. 100 m you will find the entrance to the grounds of the Festspielhaus on the left-hand side Parking Free parking is available on the premises of the theatre. The number of spaces is limited. 5 Good to know The Pastamanufaktur the restaurant at HELLERAU usually opens daily from 12 to 2:30 pm. On days of performances the restaurant is open until 10 pm or later. Companies consisting of more than 10 artists who wish to have lunch or dinner in the restaurant, please order in advance. We are happy to make a reservation for you. Invitations The tourmanager or responsible person should hand in the complementary ticket reservation list to Simone Michel or Dana Bondartschuk on the day of the performance at 5:00 pm at the latest. After that we can not guarantee you the needed amount of tickets. Thank you for your help! Wireless Lan at HELLERAU Network: HGuest Password: hellerau1819 Travel Information Taxi Service: T+49 (0) 351 211 211 German Railway T+49 (0) 0800 150 70 90 Deutsche Bahn: www.bahn.de Dresden International Airport: T+49 (0) 351 881 0 www.dresden-airport.de Local Public Transport: T+49 (0) 351 857 10 11 www.dvb.de In Case of Emergencies Emergency Services Police: 112 Fire Brigade: 112 Medical Emergency Service: T+49 (0) 351 192 92 Stand-By-For Chemistries: T+49 (0) 351 011 50 0 Hospitals Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt University Hospital Dresden Diakonissenhospital Dresden Haus C ground floor – Fetscherstrasße 74 Holzhofgasse 29 central emergency hospitalisation 01307 Dresden 01099 Dresden Friedrichstraße 41 T+49 (0) 351 458 0 T+49 (0) 351 8100 01067 Dresden T+49 (0) 351 480 15 52 Pharmacies Siegfried-Apotheke Sankt Pauli-Apotheke Schauburg-Apotheke Markt 9 Tannenstraße 17 Königsbrücker Straße 57 01109 Dresden-Hellerau 01097 Dresden 01097 Dresden T+49 (0) 351 890 50 34 T+49 (0) 351 804 44 81 T+49 (0) 351 8 02 42 20 6 Good to know Supermarkets Biosphäre (Organic) Edeka (close to the studio) LIDL (next to your apartment) Bischofsweg 11 Provianthofstraße 3 Ludwig-Kossuth-Straße 01099 Dresden 01099 Dresden 01109 Dresden Mon - Fri: 8 am - 8 pm Mon - Sat: 7 am - 8 pm Mon - Sat: 7 am - 9 pm Sat: 8 am - 6 pm stop: Heeresbäckerei stop: Brunnenweg stop: Bischofsweg (direction: Südvorstadt) (direction: Hellerau) (direction: Südvorstadt) All supermarkets are located along tramline no. 8 and are easy to reach. Restaurants + Bars In Gardencity Hellerau Die Pastamanufaktur daily Festspielhaus Hellerau 12 - 2:30 pm Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 56 12 - 10 pm and longer 01109 Dresden-Hellerau (on days of performances) T+49 (0) 351 26462 45 Different and very tasty homemade pasta, salads ravioli etc. They also offer special daily menues. Schmidt's Restaurant Mon - Fri: ellerau was founded in 1909 as the Moritzburger Weg 67 11:30 am - 2:30 pm + 5:30 - 11 pm Hfirst gardencity of Germany by the 01109 Dresden-Hellerau Sat: furniture manufactorer Karl Schmidt. T+49 (0) 351 804 48 83 5 pm - 11 pm As a passionate follower of the cont- Sun: emporary “back to nature”-Lebens- closed reform idea, he created the village as living space for his workers. Therefore A very nicely designed restaurant. Good Hellerau was supposed to live up to all mediterranean food but not the che- the specific needs of its inhabitants. apest one. This one would be for your Thus the Festspielhaus was built in VIP-meetings... 1911 including the pioneering visions of Adolphe Appia and Emile Jaques-Dal- Restaurant Praha Mon - Fri: croze. Moritzburger Weg 24 11 am - 2 pm + 5 pm - 10 pm 01109 Dresden-Hellerau Sat: T+49 (0) 351 889 618 50 11 am - 11 pm Sun: Typical Czech food with huge portions 11 am - 10 pm and good beer.