Christine Dössel
Christine Dössel is a journalist on the staff of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Specialising in theatre, she served as a member of the jury at the Berlin Festspiele’s annual Theatertreffen from 2004 to 2007 and co-wrote an encyclopaedia of theatre called Theaterlexikon.
If there is one sector that is going strong in Germany and Austria in these days of dearth and doldrums, it is the theatre. The crisis furnishes a wealth of material for stage portrayals of human foibles and troubles in the grip of global capitalism.