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This chapter, rather than examining specific performances, considers the way in which theatre institutions have demonstrated a positive attitude in welcoming refugees. In September 2015, the journal Nachtkritik identified the activities of more than sixty German theatres that were initiating humanitarian actions, ranging from running welcome cafes, organizing language classes, offering accommodation, and staging performances with, by or about refugees. One of the main motivators of these actions was the Turkish-born Shermin Langhoff who petitioned the government to assist refugees and who transformed the famous Maxim Gorki Theatre from a white German ensemble to a post-migrant enterprise. The German theatre institutions demonstrate the kind of work that can be done by theatre practitioners to welcome refugees and address some of their issues.
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Wilmer, S.E. (2018). The Institutional Response of the German Theatre. In: Performing Statelessness in Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69173-2_9
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