Foyer Meeting
Members of our association and theater fans meet regularly in the upper foyer of the theater on a Saturday or Sunday at 11 a.m. for an entertaining conversation with interesting personalities. Most of the time, the theater will be the theme.
Review: Foyer Meeting with Eva Humbug on November 02, 2024
On November 2, 2024, Eva Humburg, head of set design at the Theater Vorpommern, answered visitors' questions at the foyer talk at the Theater Putbus. In an interview with Roswitha Puls, a member of the Theater Putbus Friends Association, she talked about her career from being an art-loving student to becoming a stage and costume designer and head of set design at various theatres in Germany and abroad.
Using self-made models of various stage sets, she explained the content of her work to the guests and provided interesting explanations.
In a presentation on the creation of the stage design for “My Fair Lady”, she explained the concrete process, starting with the technical drawings, through production in the theatre workshops, to the final fine-tuning.
The visitors to the foyer discussion were impressed by the creativity. With numerous questions, they took a personal look behind the scenes of the theatre.
Eva Humburg has been a freelance stage and costume designer at various theaters and in the independent scene at home and abroad since 1992.
Eva Humburg's stage designs have received numerous awards. Most recently, she received the Hamburg Rolf Mares Theater Prize in the "Outstanding Stage Design" category in 2015 for the stage design and videos for the production "Das Boot" at the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater and in 2009 for the stage design for the production "Leas Tag" at the Theater Winterhuder Fährhaus.
An impression of her work can be obtained at: www.eva-humburg.com
On August 31, 2024, our Foyer Meeting took place in the Orangery Putbus with Einhard Georg Schmidt.
In our Foyer discussions, we meet artists and other "theater people" as well as club members with interesting stories.
Member Einhard Georg Schmidt is a doctor by profession. In his free time, he delves into the life and songs of Udo Jürgens. His programme includes the lesser-known songs by Udo Jürgens, in which the depth of the Austrian composer and singer becomes apparent.
He interpreted the songs with devotion and virtuosity on the piano; you could see, hear and feel how deeply he is connected to them. His enthusiasm was contagious and so an encore was demanded with much applause, which Einhard Georg Schmidt was happy to give.
Between the performances, the moderator, our member Roswitha Puls, spoke to him about his enthusiasm for Udo Jürgens, which arose in childhood and occupies a large place in his free time.
Einhard Georg Schmidt was bid farewell with much applause. Perhaps we will soon be able to see him at the Putbus Theater? This idea arose during the event among the moderator, the performer and the audience.
Foyer Meeting with Einhard Georg Schmidt, Foto: private
Foyer Meeting with Einhard Georg Schmidt, Foto: private
Anette Gerhard, a well-known face to eager theatergoers, has been at the Stralsund Theater since 1998 and chatted with theater enthusiasts about her time as a singer and stage manager.
Ms. Gerhard had studied singing in Berlin and got her first engagement as a soprano at the Freiberg Theater. She then moved to the Stralsund Theater to delight audiences as a soprano. She ended this career for personal reasons. She then took on the role of stage manager and managed the fortunes of the performances backstage. Obviously a very strenuous job, because today Ms. Gerhard takes care of the organizational processes at the theater in Stralsund.
The insights that the audience at the foyer meeting got behind the scenes of a theater from the perspective of an artist were extremely interesting. Anyone who saw Ms. Gerhard on stage would definitely not have suspected these experiences, nor would the answer to the question, “From today's perspective, would you choose the career path you did again?”
It was an exciting event with many unexpected insights for the audience.
The club chairwoman Kerstin Kassner took over the moderation.
You can view the foyer meetings of previous years in our archive.
Dates
| 03/08/2025 | 11.00 a.m | Foyer Meeting with Reyk Höhne |
| 05/04/2025 | 11.00 a.m | Foyer Meeting with Annette Keles |
| 09/07/2025 | 11.00 a.m | Foyer Meeting with Jan Bernhard |
| November 2025 | 11.00 a.m | Foyer Meeting with Olga Zernaiewa |
Foyer Meeting with Eva Humbug, Moderator Roswitha Puls, Foto: Poexx.jpg
Foyer Meeting with Eva Humbug, the audience, Foto: Poexx.jpg