Ticket sales had tumbled since his arrival and sponsors have also stayed away, according to an internal report sent to Berlin mayor Michael Mueller, regional broadcasters RBB and NDR as well as Sueddeutsche daily said. German media said Dercon's departure was precipitated by the theatre's parlous financial situation. One incident saw excrement smeared on Dercon's office door, national news agency DPA reported. Such forms of confrontations are undignified and uncultured.'

Lederer also stressed that 'personal attacks and insults by part of the city against Chris Dercon in the past are unacceptable. 'Both parties agreed that Chris Dercon's concept did not work out as hoped and the Volksbuehne needs a new start,' the statement said. In a statement issued by Berlin state authorities, head of cultural affairs Klaus Lederer said he and Dercon had come to an agreement for the artistic director to step down with immediate effect. Protests reached their peak a month after he took the reins, when hundreds of demonstrators occupied the Volksbuehne in September for several days before police moved in to clear the space. The former head of London's Tate Modern, Chris Dercon, resigned as artistic director of Berlin's legendary Volksbuehne theatre on Friday, after months of fierce dispute.ĭercon's appointment had been controversial from the start, with critics fearing he would sell out the theatre's radical and provocative roots.

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