etc - english theater cologne

12/11/2022

The carnival season started in Cologne yesterday!

Photos by Lars Henning Schroeder

Melanie Vötter - Makeup Artist

24/09/2022

Just a short update to what we've been doing, and it's been a LOT!

The past month or so, we've had various Skype meetings with our director, Beck Gadsby which was the start of our rehearsal process. All the while we've been busy with pre-production, rehearsal studio, set design, getting everything we need for the stage, props, costumes, talking with the publisher, etc.

On Sept 17 we rented a van (thanks to ENTERPRISE in Koeln Muehlheim) and moved everything into the rehearsal studio (thanks to Michl Neupert from Ein Euro Ensemble) and we had our first intense week of rehearsals. On the final day, we had our Fight Director, Phil Bonney, to help us choreograph an important scene. It was a blast!

We are methodically moving forward and still have much to do, but are definitely on our way, and we continue to be grateful for each person, company and organization that has come forward to help us to get our first production on stage. One big shout out is to NRW "auf geht's" the grant that I received this year which has financed our pre-production.

Thanks to EVERYONE! 🙏🙏🙏
James Bunyon, it's been a pleasure to go on this journey with you and I'm looking forward to our first bow together on stage! ❤️❤️

17/09/2022

etc - english theater cologne
Today we finally had our first rehearsal WITH most of our set in the rehearsal room. It was a challenging day (the van almost didn't fit through the entrance to the yard where the room was...🥵🥵🥵) but we're a great team! James Bunyon behind the wheel and me guiding him along inch, by inch. This company was founded three years ago in the middle of the pandemic and it's been a long way to where we are today. We are very grateful to everyone who has helped and supported us along the way. There is still much work ahead, but we made a very important step today. Thanks James. I'm looking forward to what's ahead!

25/08/2022

etc - english theater cologne has been busy still in our pre-production phase... we hope you're having a wonderful summer. Stay cool!

03/08/2022

ProEnglish Theatre | Linktree

etc - english theater cologne will be visiting TGR The Green Room, Niehler Str. 104, Eingang D, 2. OG 19:00 in Nippes tonight to see the production of The Book of Sirens, performance of Art Shelter/ ProEnglish Theatre from Kyiv, Ukraine. The Green Room is a location to support performing artists and relatively new (as we are too) and etc is glad to support fellow creatives in Germany and the Ukraine! Seats are limited so visit the website to find out more information and reserve your seat!
https://www.thegreenroomforartists.de/angeboteblog/the-book-of-sirens

and here is a link to the ProEnglish Theatre for more dates and ways to help them.

https://linktr.ee/proenglishtheatre

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18/07/2022

ATTENTION KOELN THEATER ACTORS, DIRECTORS, TECH PEOPLE: We are looking for a recommendation of a stage / theatre carpenter (Buhenenschreiner). Please PM me! Thank you!

12/07/2022

Just a quick summer message to let you know that we are in pre-production for our first LIVE show which hopefully will premiere in late fall 2022. Skype is still our best friend for meetings during this ongoing COVID time. James is almost over his bout with the big C and I'm very glad we could have our meeting today. Hopefully after the summer break we will be able to report more - the name of the play, the theater, dates, etc.

We still are looking for a Theater P/R person to help us on an hourly basis with some things for our website and for the first production. If anyone has any recommendations, please let us know.

Take care, stay safe and healthy and have a lovely summer!

Kathleen & James

23/06/2022

We both hope that everyone is healthy and well and enjoying the early summer.

We have been busy behind the scenes in pre-production for our first LIVE production but we can't tell you any more at this time. Please stay tuned. -englishtheatercologne

We are also very happy to announce that we just finished two more monologues for our English Writing Challenge educational program. We had two great young authors who participated and you can see us performing their works on our website at https://etc-englishtheatercologne.com/english-writing-challenge-june-2022-monologues/ These will be the last EWC monologues at the moment because we need to focus on the first production.

We are in the process of looking for a theatrical fight instructor, and a P/R person for theater so if anyone has any recommendations, we would appreciate hearing from you.

Thank you for all your support and interest. Please sign up for our newsletter (our first edition will be coming out soon) and have a great summer!

Theatrically yours,

Kathleen & James

13/05/2022

etc-english theater cologne is in London today having their first read through of their first LIVE production in 2022! It went very well and we are very excited...

Stay tuned...

02/03/2022

We have been shocked by the aggression in the Ukraine and hope that there is a peaceful solution very soon. 🙏

We wanted to give all our supporters an update as to what we've been doing the past few months...

Thank you for your patience. 💖🫂💐

Kathleen & James ☮️

31/12/2021

Happy New Year from etc-english theater cologne!

Happy New Year from etc-english theater cologne!

31/12/2021

Happy New Year from etc-english theater cologne!

Happy New Year from etc-english theater cologne!

23/12/2021

We are proud to announce that the etc - english theater cologne website is finally online! Please stop by, and click around, watch the online content, see our Christmas messages, check out the Education part and the Support part. Sign up for our Newsletter if you haven't already. If you encounter any problems in any version of the site, i.e. desktop, mobile, tablet, please let us know. We've tested everything but there could still be a few gremlins in there causing problems that we haven't seen yet. Thank you!

We want to thank all the individuals, companies and organizations that have helped us on this long journey since last year when we received the first grant from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine Westaflia in Germany and the German government which helped us to get started and to film our genre trailers - The Proposal and Old Time Radio Show / Comedy. Then we received a second grant this year which enabled us to create and realize our first educational project - The English Writing Challenge!

We wish you a very Happy Holiday and a safe, healthy, peaceful and adventurous new year. We look forward to seeing you at our first live show in 2022!

With gratitude,

Kathleen Renish & James Bunyon
CoFounders
www.etc-englishtheatercologne.com

13/12/2021

More news coming soon from etc-english theater cologne! Thank you to all who have helped to support us. 🙏💐

From James Bunyon:

"Creating opportunities for people is something that etc - english theater cologne is very proud of. Giving young people the chance to write monologues for professional actors to perform, in a language which is not their native tongue. At a time when theatre visits have not been possible and even when they have it has been limited. Theatre is about being part of a creative team and learning different skills. It is difficult to stand in front of a group of young people and present an idea when they look back at you thinking you are mad. The reward is when they choose to come on this creative journey and you all discover new skills as writers, actors and producers. Theatre is education, whatever age you are."

01/11/2021

It's been a while since we last posted because we've been busy with the website, deciding on our first LIVE show, and working on our first educational project which we received a grant for in June this year. The English Writing Challenge has started! Below are a few screen shots from that part of the website. If you haven't already signed up for our newsletter so you can stay informed about everything that etc - english theater cologne is doing, please sign up today. Go to www.etc-englishtheatercologne.com and click on the newsletter button. We thank everyone for their support and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
We are looking forward to a great end of 2021 with this project and to 2022 for what lies ahead! 🙏💐🥳🍾🎉

14/09/2021

We are working very hard on our website with our designer and it's still going to take a bit more time. In the meantime, if you go to the site, you can sign up for the etc - english theater cologne Newsletter! We would love you to stop by and sign up! Thank you!

Kathleen Renish & James Bunyon
https://www.etc-englishtheatercologne.com

08/09/2021

etc - english theater cologne 's first educational project in Koeln!
We're looking forward to it!

The English Writing Challenge!

English translation of the German text below:
"...some of you know her as grandma magarethe from our web series kuntergrau: kathleen renish. now she's on the road with a new project and is inviting you to join her. together with her colleague james bunyon she is offering a workshop at anyway for everyone who always wanted to try out creative writing for the theater stage. kathleen and james will show you how to put your topics, wishes, visions, experiences, dreams or ideas into a monologue and thus create a fictional stage character. sounds pretty exciting. but what's even cooler is that the whole thing takes place in english. 🇬🇧 both the workshop and the texts. the results of the workshop will be presented at the english theater cologne, which kathleen and james founded. interested in joining us? on friday, september 10, 2021, kathleen and james will be at the café from 7 to 8 pm. there you can get more information about the project, ask questions and register for a first meeting. if you're interested and won't be there on friday, feel free to write directly to -englishtheatercologne. kathleen and james will answer you there..."
or at [email protected]

anyway köln:
+++ einige von euch kennen sie als oma magarethe aus unserer webserie kuntergrau: kathleen renish. nun ist sie mit einem neuen projekt unterwegs und lädt euch ein, mit dabei zu sein. gemeinsam mit ihrem kollegen james bunyon bietet sie einen workshop im anyway an, für alle, die sich schon immer mal im kreativen schreiben für die theaterbühne ausprobieren wollten. kathleen und james zeigen dir bei der english writing challenge wie du deine themen, wünsche, visionen, erfahrungen, träume oder ideen in einen monolog verpackst und somit eine fiktive bühnenfigur schaffst. klingt schon ziemlich spannend. noch cooler ist es aber, dass das ganze in englisch stattfindet. 🇬🇧 sowohl der workshop als auch die texte. die ergebnisse des workshopes werden im rahmen des english theaters cologne, welches kathleen und james gegründet haben, vorgeführt. interesse mit dabei zu sein? am freitag sind kathleen und james von 19 bis 20 uhr im café. dort könnt ihr mehr infos zum projekt bekommen, fragen klären und euch für ein erstes treffen anmelden. wenn du interesse hast und am freitag nicht vor ort bist, dann schreib gern an auch direkt an . kathleen und james antworten dir dann dort. +++
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20/08/2021

Here's a quick update on what's happening with etc - english theater cologne

WEBSITE- www.etc-englishtheatercologne.com
We've been working with our web designer, Vinya Cameron from Web n' Art Agency - Köln We're hoping to have the website online by September.

FIRST LIVE SHOW
We have been busy looking through scripts for our first live show. We originally wanted to do a psycho thriller, but have decided that after all this COVID drama we thought it might be better to do a rip roaring comedy. The search is on!

FIRST EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
We are currently finalizing the details of our first community educational project for young people. We initially contacted a gymnasium in Koeln and we will be presenting the project to a youth organization in early September. More later!

GENRE TRAILERS
We've already posted the trailers for The Proposal and the Old Time Radio Show. We also posted the Making of. We will be posting the FULL SCENE for The Proposal in the next few days. thanks for all the positive feedback on the trailers!

Have a great weekend and feel free to reach out to us! Share our FB page and Insta to your friends and anyone interested in English theater!

Thank you!

Kathleen & James

07/08/2021

"Making Of" etc - english theater cologne "genre trailiers" at the end of April 2021.

FILM PRODUCTION – Artlight Filmproduktion
insta https://www.artlightfilm.com/

INTIMACY COORDINATION- Insta

SET PHOTOS – Julian Kolb - Intsa or https://www.julian-kolb.com

MAKEUP & HAIR – Insta

FREIES WERKSTATT THEATER – Location
Insta www.fwt-koeln.de

MUSIC - DANIEL BOHRER – Insta
Many thanks to :

FILM PRODUCTION – Artlight Filmproduktion
insta https://www.artlightfilm.com/

SET PHOTOS – Julian Kolb - Insa or https://www.julian-kolb.com

MAKEUP & HAIR – Melanie Vötter

FREIES WERKSTATT THEATER – Location
www.fwt-koeln.de

MUSIC - DANIEL BOHRER – insta

02/08/2021

OLD TIME RADIO SHOW TRAILER - etc-english theater cologne

OLD TIME RADIO SHOW (OTRS) - TRAILER etc-english theater cologne

A month ago on July 1, we posted a TEASER of a genre of show that our new theater company, etc-english theater cologne, would like to produce once it's safer to do productions live. We are still in an uncertain time due to the COVID situation and the new Delta variant. BUT, here is the TRAILER of the Old Time Radio Show - Comedy. It wasn't ready then but it is now. It's a longer version of the teaser.

We want to thank the following people/companies for helping us to produce this trailer:

FILM PRODUCTION – Artlight Filmproduktion
insta https://www.artlightfilm.com/
SET PHOTOS – Julian Kolb - Insa or https://www.julian-kolb.com
LOGO / POSTER DESIGN insta .reichelt
MAKEUP & HAIR – Melanie Vötter
FREIES WERKSTATT THEATER – Location
www.fwt-koeln.de
MUSIC - DANIEL BOHRER – insta
DAVID BASTARACHE – Announcer Voice Thank you Dave for recording our OTRS Announcer voice which added that extra American vintage touch to the overall video. You can hear Dave on the full version. www.PinewoodRecordingStudios.com
Thank you Nadja Zwanziger for lending us the vintage phone

29/07/2021

We have been busy for Pride month with planning for our first community, educational project... coming soon...

With Pride,

Kathleen & James

21/07/2021

The Proposal - etc - english theater cologne genre trailer: Drama/Fantasy/Classical. An original script by etc.

Here is our next genre video! THE PROPOSAL

We would like to thank the following people who have helped us with this Trailer which is of one of the scenes we filmed at the end of April. We are calling them “genre trailers”. We’ve been asked, what are “genre trailers”? Well, for us they represent a few of the genres of shows we’d like to produce. This trailer, THE PROPOSAL", represents the genres Fantasy/Classical/Drama and is an original from etc. I created this character 3 years ago and wrote the story for this scene. We hope to further develop it as a short play or short film. It is a demonstration of these genres as well as of our acting to give potential theater venues an idea of who we are and what types of shows we’d like to perform on their stages. These “genre trailers” are sort of a virtual calling card for us and our company. Of course if those potential venues would like to see more, we can present them with the whole scene. For our first live show, we are looking at presenting a COMEDY. More on that later. Now a big thanks to the following people/companies:

COSTUME
Neelak Crown – Andrea Wertz https://www.instagram.com/paperheadpieces

Queen Neelak and Prince Semaj costumes and accessories were found at KOSTUMTRUHE in Koeln. They have a wonderful assortment of quality costumes from different eras. https://www.kostuemtruhe.de/

LOGO / POSTER DESIGN
Kerstin Reichelt .reichelt

PHOTOS
Lars Henning Schroeder or https://www.larslaion.com

MAKEUP – Makeup and hair


INTIMACY COORDINATION &
WRITING – Assisted with The Proposal Script and Intimacy Coordination
Julia Effertz. https://www.juliaeffertz.com/

FILM PRODUCTION – filming and editing the trailers - etc Dec 2020 Intro trailer, The Proposal, OTRS, Making Of

Moritz Wimmer, Director

SET PHOTOS – Julian Kolb - or https://www.julian-kolb.com

FREIES WERKSTATT THEATER – Location
www.fwt-koeln.de

MUSIC - DANIEL BOHRER –

With gratitude,

Kathleen Renish & James Bunyon

14/07/2021

At the end of April, we finally filmed some trailers of genres of shows we'd like to do on stage. We were delayed 4 months but we are happy to be able to show some of our work. A few weeks ago, it was a comedy in an old time radio show format. Now we have Drama/Fantasy/Classical. This is an original idea from etc. The Proposal.

Stay tuned… etc – english theater cologne. Coming soon…

With gratitude,
Kathleen Renish & James Bunyon

30/06/2021

Old Time Radio Show (OTRS) teaser

We would like to thank the following people who have helped us with this teaser which is of one of the scenes we filmed at the end of April. We are calling them “genre trailers”. In this case it’s a “teaser” and hopefully we will get the trailer soon. We’ve been asked, what are “genre trailers”? Well, for us they represent a few of the genres of shows we’d like to produce. The OLD TIME RADIO SHOW (OTRS) format is one that I’ve personally wanted to bring to German audiences for many years. It works well with the other genre, COMEDY, that we both love. It is a demonstration of these genres as well as of our acting to give potential theater venues an idea of who we are and what types of shows we’d like to perform on their stages. These “genre trailers” are sort of a virtual calling card for us and our company. Of course if those potential venues would like to see more, we can present them with the whole scene. For our first live show, we are looking at presenting a COMEDY. More on that later. Now a big thanks to the following people:

FILM PRODUCTION – etc Dec 2020 Intro trailer, The Proposal, OTRS, Making Of
Artlight Filmproduktion https://www.artlightfilm.com/
Moritz Wimmer, Director
Lukas Biemann, Camera
Fabian Rieke, Lighting
Julian Kolb,, Sound & Set Photos
Lis Demiri, Making Of
Elif Kardesseven & Jens Kueppers, Catering
Lucas Prouse, Sound Effect Door

We are very grateful for the collaboration of etc and Artlight. They are a talented group pf young filmmakers and are key in helping etc - english theater cologne to make our “virtual debut”. Our heartfelt thanks to the whole team. You were great!

SET PHOTOS – Julian Kolb provided us with AMAZING Set photos during our film day in April. You have to visit his Insta or website. You will be WOWed by his work.
Julian Kolb - or https://www.julian-kolb.com

LOGO / POSTER DESIGN
Kerstin Reichelt
At the end of 2020 we drove Kerstin crazy with all our suggestions and questions and she came up with the logo we love. She also has been a big help with our letterhead and our recent social media picture posts. We will soon keep her busy with our first live performance poster…..kerstin reichelt
mediengestalterin
digital & print
INSTAGRAM: .reichelt

PHOTOS
Lars Henning Schroeder or https://www.larslaion.com
Lars is always a pleasure to work with and we had a fun day with him capturing various sides of us for the website and social media. Lars, you did it again!

MAKEUP – Makeup and hair
Melanie Vötter was busy transforming us for the “genre trailer” filming but also for our photo shoot in March for the website.

FREIES WERKSTATT THEATER – Location
We were able to rent one of their large rehearsal rooms to film our “genre trailers” at the end of April. The space worked out great! Thanks to Artlight Film for arranging this.
Insta www.fwt-koeln.de

MUSIC - DANIEL BOHRER – Music for genre trailers
Daniel blew us away with his amazing film music compositions for the OTRS, The Proposal and the Making of. Thank you so much! Insta

DAVID BASTARACHE – VO OTRS Thank you Dave for recording our OTRS Announcer voice which added that extra American vintage touch to the overall video. You can hear Dave on the full version. www.PinewoodRecordingStudios.com

Thank you Nadja Zwanziger for lending us the vintage phone!