Ödipus
Sophokles / Roland Schimmelpfennig
A deadly plague is raging in Thebes. It is said that only the atonement of a blood debt can prevent the impending doom: King Oedipus must find the murderer of his predecessor Laius in order to save Thebes - and in doing so inevitably reveals an ever more terrible entanglement of guilt and innocence, of fate, freedom, power and betrayal, at the center of which lies the secret of his own origins.
Even two and a half thousand years after it was written, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" still exerts an unfathomable attraction. Something akin to us in this story never ceases to appeal to us. Following this idea, the production, which is characterized by mask play, accompanies a group of enigmatic beings in their exploration of the story and an increasing approach to its characters, themes and indeed: Secrets. The initial strangeness gives way to ever greater closeness and a maelstrom that spans time and space and revolves around the most fundamental and perhaps most disturbing of all questions: What is man?
Theater, Performances, Konzerte, Workshops, Diskurse, Lesungen, Theaterführungen, Kunstparcours, Partys
Information
Location
Open-Air
Raffelbergpark
45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr
Cast
Team
- Alexander Klessinger
Director, Concept, Text - Mats Süthoff
Director, Masquerade - Christopher Dippert
Stage - Sophie Leypold
Costume & Mask Construction - Alexander Schweiß
Music/Composing - Alexander Weinstock
Dramaturgy - Dijana Brnić
Assistant director - Franziska Schubert
Mask Construction - Jochen Jahncke
Lightdesign - Uwe Muschinski
Sound - Felix Harthan
Prop - Suzana Schönwald
Make-up - Tanja Banna-Fladrich
Make-up
Introduction Ödipus
Dramaturge Alexander Weinstock in conversation with the directors Alexander Klessinger and Mats Sütthoff.
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