As Iago in "Othello" - Götz Schubert at the Lausitz Festival

Actor Götz Schubert ("Brecht", "Wolfsland") is currently giving theater acting priority over film and television. "I like being on stage and doing theater," he told the German Press Agency before the start of the Lausitz Festival (August 25 to September 14). The 61-year-old will be on stage in Weißwasser on Sunday evening in Shakespeare's "Othello" as Iago.

Schubert loves direct audience contact

According to Schubert, the relationship has currently shifted back in favor of the theater before new shoots call. "I'm happy about that; it's a bit of a return to the roots," he said. "You have more direct contact with the audience." This also applies to Marcel Kohler's production, in which the masterpiece by playwright William Shakespeare and his only surviving literary manuscript "The Strangers" will be performed three times in a former glass factory.

Shakespeare is one of Schubert's favorite authors in the theater, alongside Molière. His texts are timeless and "what is possible with them in theater and film speaks for him." In "Othello", for example, "The Strangers" is a text that only appeared a few years ago and was attributed to Shakespeare. With his stories and tales about love, relationships and political entanglements, he often struck a nerve, "it's totally exciting." They are now trying to give it a political dimension.

Schubert: Inspiring Lusatians for the festival

Schubert will be shooting for "Wolfsland" again in 2025 and will have time for theater until then. He sees the Lusatia Festival, which was only founded in 2020, as a contribution to successful structural change, which he believes should have been initiated much earlier. The converted industrial monument Telux glass factory is an attractive venue. "The festival is an artistic process, which also needs time to develop," he said. "Above all, we need to convince more Lusatians to make it their festival." As a native of Pirna and Görlitz TV commissioner "Butsch", he wants to contribute to this - with his fame.