Cannibalism at the Bern Theater – the loss of the cultural scene reached Switzerland

Bernois Stephan Märki, successful director in Potsdam and Weimar, fails in his country and is a victim of a campaign. (Bild: pd)

His opponents have reached their goal: Stephan Märki, Artistic Director of the Konzert Theater Bern (KTB) since July 2011, announced his resignation Friday at an information session at the Media attention. The Bernese Märki is also president of the Swiss Stage Association. His contracts end until 2021, he will receive his salary until the end of April 2019. At the same time, the KTB is headed by its commercial director.

At the same time, Sophie-Thérèse Krempl leaves the house. She was in charge of communication and special projects. In his statement, Märki stated that he associates more than one professional relationship with his older colleague. This circumstance makes it available. The chairman of the Foundation Board regrets the resignation and is "very personally affected" by the development.

Intrigues in the Net

Relationships of love can be problematic in the business environment. Separating private interests from professional interests then becomes an act of balance. In the field of theater, however, intimate relationships are not uncommon. As the accusation of personal preference seems to Bern, however, no facts exist.

Märki leaves a home that he has started economically in recent years and has succeeded with art. As steward in Weimar, he had saved the National Theater before its completion. In Bern, he became the first general manager after the amalgamation of the Municipal Theater and Symphony Orchestra and established it as the only four-story house in Switzerland

. Repeated attempts have been made after the exemption of interim boss Stephanie Gräve in the tight form of campaigns to make the Märki person the management model to the charge. On the portal of the Berlin theater Nachtkritik.de, he was regularly accused of full powers in an annoying manner and supported innuendo

Dagger Stroke

With an article published in early May in the online newspaper B in Bern, the newspaper argument has abruptly changed. The journalist and former deputy director of the BAK, Christoph Reichenau, made public the relationship between Stephan Märki and Sophie-Thérèse Krempl. Immediately before, the actor Cihan Inan had called the long-time colleague Märkis as the reason for his resignation.

Stephan Märki's opponents have reached their small goal, but the damage they cause is enormous: the greed of the peddlers is visible at the table. The case of Berne shows where he leads, if not the artistic achievement but the privacy of an artistic director who sets the standard for his qualification. We have despised a professional who did a lot in the Bernese and for the Swiss theatrical scene.