28. TEDDY AWARD – The Queer Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival
Awards ceremony line-up: 14 February 2014 at 9pm, Komische Oper Berlin
The line-up of artists taking part in the 28th TEDDY AWARD gala in the Komische Oper Berlin can now be revealed. Host for the evening is TV presenter and actor Jochen Schropp.
Sven Ratzke is the new Hedwig. Hedwig and the Angry Inch featuring Sven Ratzke is every inch as good as the original. Director and creator of ‘Hedwig’ John Cameron Mitchell (2001 TEDDY winner with his film of the same name) describes Ratzke as the best Hedwig he has ever seen.
Leading actress and singer Dagmar Manzel delights on stage with the Orchestra of the Komische Oper Berlin. This 55-year old star, one of Germany’s most successful actresses, winner of numerous awards including the German Film Prize, German TV Prize and the Adolf Grimme Prize (a prestigious media award), to name but a few, was already an established artist before she began her career as a singer. Audiences love her.
Baritone soloist Günter Papendell, opera singer with the Komische Oper Berlin, is well-known for his powerful and stirring voice. With Papendell’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt and images by Sergei M. Eisenstein, TEDDY will be reminding Russia that two of its leading cultural figures were also gay.
TEDDY pays homage this year to Dusty Springfield one of the most outstanding and successful women in music. Her career as a singer began with a political thunderbolt when in 1964 she refused to perform to racially segregated audiences in South Africa. In 1982, she married her girlfriend Teda Bracci in California. This year Dusty would have been celebrating her 75th birthday.
Base Berlin is a talent pool that brings together young new artists from all directions, developing spectacular and innovative performances. Initiator and creative director Pierre Caesar appears together with the Canadian newcomer songwriter Lucien Dante, the astonishing contortionist Jade Lee Petersen, and David Pereira and Jack Woodhead with their programme Whipstick in the TEDDY Midnight Special. A world-class performance from Berlin’s talent hothouse.
After the awards ceremony, it’s now traditional that TEDDY hosts the hottest party of the Berlinale. On stage, reliving the flair of the 1920s and 1930s, the show features the sensational burlesque dancer Katharina Lebedew, Sigrid Grajek mimes Claire Waldoff, Joaquim la Habana is Victor/Victoria ... and in true Berlin style the organ grinder churns out some tunes.
And for those who want to dance, creating the evening’s soundtrack for our guests on the ground floor of the Komische Oper Berlin are DJs K.Jell, Joey Hansom and Trust.The.Girl.
If that’s not enough, the party continues well beyond dawn. Our shuttle bus takes you from the Komische Oper Berlin straight to the TEDDY AWARD Closing Party in the SchwuZ nightclub, recently moved to Neukölln, featuring live act Nuclear Family and a great team of DJs. Gala tickets include admission to this after-party.
For an overview of all the TEDDY events in connection with the 64th Berlinale 2014 see: LINK
For more information on the artists and DJs see: LINK
For more information on the artists appearing at the TEDDY AWARD Grand Opening Night on 7 February 2014 see: LINK
Tickets for the TEDDY AWARD Gala at the Komische Oper Berlin, February 14th, 2014 are available from now on in the Online Shop at www.teddyaward.tv. Ticket reservation is possible via e-mail at tickets@papagena.de or on the telephone via the Ticket Hotline 030 – 4799 7447 and at the Ticket Office of the Komische Oper Berlin. Without booking fee the tickets are available at Prinz Eisenherz Bookshop, Motzstraße 23, 10777 Berlin