In the background you can see a torn screen on which an oversized image of a doll's head is projected. A man stands in front of the screen with his back to the viewer and his arms and hands in the air.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

MK:

Der Sturm / Das Dämmern der Welt

By William Shakespeare & Werner Herzog

 Schauspielhaus

 Opening night: 15.12.2023

 2 hours 50 minutes (with intermission)

 Thu-Sat: 15-45€, Sun-Wed: 10-40€, under 30 years: 10€

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 Schauspielhaus

 Opening night: 15.12.2023

 2 hours 50 minutes (with intermission)

 Thu-Sat: 15-45€, Sun-Wed: 10-40€, under 30 years: 10€

A circular borehole into the madness of war. — “Gockel and team bring Shakespeare and Herzog together in breathtaking aesthetics. Reality as a tropical feverish nightmare play in the perpetuum mobile of war and peace.” (FAZ)

Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, is overthrown by adversaries working for his own brother and is forced into exile on an island. There, he encounters Caliban and Ariel, seizes their land and makes them his subjects. Seeking revenge, Prospero unleashes a devastating storm which strands his enemies on the island’s shores.

In-house director Jan-Christoph Gockel blends Shakespeare’s play with Werner Herzog’s new novel “Das Dämmern der Welt“ (“The Twilight World”) which recounts the story of the soldier Hiroo Onoda who continued to fight on an island for 29 years after World War II ended. Onoda believes that all reports of the war being over are fake. But one day – just as Prospero takes off his magic cloak – Onoda must return to a world that has lived on without him. Here, magic is the naked struggle to survive and maintain a mission which has long-since expired.

Jan-Christoph Gockel conjures up Shakespeare’s cyclical story of power, submission and resistance and Herzog’s literary monument to a senseless war in a spectacular aesthetic with puppets by Michael Pietsch.

A person is squatting next to a pole and holding a smoking cigarette in his left hand from the viewer. There are many dolls lying on the floor around her, some of which have been separated into different pieces. In the background is a band with various instruments, such as a drum kit or a keyboard.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A person is holding a doll with a large hole in its head. Next to it is a person filming the doll with a camera. In the background you can see the shot of the doll as a large projection on the wall. A man stands in front of it with his arms outstretched towards the wall.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

You see a rusty ship with a person-sized hole in its belly. A man stands on the mast and looks down at another man standing at the bow of the ship.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

In the foreground, a man is lying flat on the ground, surrounded by a lot of fog. Behind him are several people. The person on the right is standing with his back to the viewer, the other person is filming the action with a camera. The recording can be seen on the wall behind them. You can see a man and a doll with a large hole in its face.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

On the mast of an old ship is a person in a feathery costume. A man is sitting on the ship and looking into the distance.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

You see a reclining man with a travel-sized chessboard lying on his chest. There is red make-up under his eyes. Next to him is a doll that looks as if it has decomposed.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

You see a man who is illuminated by blue light and has white paint on his face. In the background you can see another man looking through a window at the other man with his hands on the window frame.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A man is lying on the floor and is surrounded by fog. A little further away from him, some dolls are also lying on the ground.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

In the background is an oversized, large projection of a man's face. In the foreground you can see a band and several people, as well as a doll and a person filming with a camera.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A man pushes the hull of a rusty ship and looks strained.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A person sits on their knees holding a microphone into which they are singing or speaking. A parachute is attached to it, which is in the air as if the person had recently flown with it. In the background you can see people and instruments from a band.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A man is illuminated by yellow light. There are shreds of golden foil on his face. He is wearing an unbuttoned shirt and holding a stuffed little monkey in his hand.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

A sculpture of a wooden head stands in the foreground. Behind it is a man with a wide, black top that is open and shows part of his upper body. His face has red make-up under his eyes and there is white powder on the left side of his face and on his left hand.

Photo: Armin Smailovic

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With Bernardo Arias Porras, Katharina Bach, Michael Pietsch, Thomas Schmauser, Anton Berman, Maria Moling (Live-Musik), Lilli Pongratz (Live-Kamera)
Directed by Jan-Christoph Gockel
Stage Design Julia Kurzweg
Costume Janina Brinkmann
Puppet Making Michael Pietsch
Music Anton Berman, Maria Moling
Video Lilli Pongratz
Light Christian Schweig, Stephan Mariani
Dramaturge Claus Philipp, Tobias Schuster

Assistant director Marion Hélène Weber
Stage design assistance Yue Ying
Costume assistance Melina Poppe
Inspection Stefanie Rendtorff
Soufflage Jutta Masurath
Director's internship Sol Karl
Stage design internship Johanna Günther
Collaboration doll painting Erik Raskopf
Art production management Victoria Fischer
Production management technology Jonas Pim Simon
Stage Manager Felix Weindl
Lighting William Grüger, Wolfgang Wiefarn, Sebastien Lachenmaier, Felix Adams
Sound Nicholas Brown, Katharina Widmaier-Zorn
Video Ikenna David Okegwo, Thomas Zengerle
Makeup Marisa Schleimer, Alyssia Achille, Steffen Roßmanith
Costume Paulina Engelhardtova, Angelika Stingl
Props Heidemarie Sänger, Dagmar Nachtmann
Carpentry Sebastian Nebe, Josef Piechatzek, Hannes Zippert, Wolfgang Mechmann
Locksmithery Fritz Würzhuber, Jürgen Goudenhooft
Wallpapering Tobias Herzog, Maria Hörger, Anja Gebauer
Scenic Painter Ingrid Weindl
Stage Sculpture Maximilian Biek

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MK: Backstage

Katharina Bach wears a bunny costume and adjusts her bunny ears in the mirror.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Bernardo Arias Porras is wearing jeans and a T-shirt. His clothes are worn and full of holes.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Make-up artist Steffen Roßmanith outlines Maria Monling's lips with lip liner.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Anton Berman and Bernardo Arias Porras stand next to each other on stage. Anton is wearing dark green overalls, Bernardo tattered jeans and a white T-shirt.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Bernardo Arias Porras is made up for his performance. His head is completely painted with golden paint.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Maria Moling is wearing heavy make-up and a sequined dress. Her nose is stuck up with a piece of transparent tape.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Lilli Pongratz and Michael Pietsch stand opposite each other and look at each other. Two puppets are hanging behind Lilli, she is wearing a dark green overall. Michael Pietsch is wearing a dirty, large coat.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Bernardo Arias Porras stands on the mast of a ship in torn jeans.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Photo: Leonard Rössert

A member of the make-up staff adjusts the collar of Lilli Pongratz's costume.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Bernardo Arias Porras sits in make-up and reads a book. Make-up artist Steffen Roßmanith dabs a wound on his knee with make-up.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Katharina Bach is leaning in the doorway. She is wearing a bunny costume and has a cigarette in her mouth.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Michael Pietsch is wearing a dirty, large coat.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Michael Pietsch and Katharina Bach sit next to each other in the make-up room in front of two large mirrors. They talk to each other while they get their make-up and hair done.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Katahrina Bach sits on a chair backstage and talks to make-up artist Steffen Rosßmanith. Katharina is already dressed and made up for her performance.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Katharina Bach sits in the mask. Wounds are made up on her face.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Michael Pietsch holds a marionette in his hand. In the background, another marionette hangs on a bracket.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

Bernardo Arias Porras sits in make-up and reads a book. Make-up artist Steffen Roßmanith hides his hair under a hairnet.

Photo: Leonard Rössert

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Trailer

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Digitale Einführung

Video show on youtu.be

Digital Program Booklet

Press reviews

„Der Krieg, der Traum, der Sturm. An diesem bühnenzauberischen Uraufführungsabend sind sie omnipräsent. In atemberaubender Ästhetik führen Gockel, Bühnenbilderin Julia Kurzweg und Kostümbildnerin Janina Brinkmann Shakespeare und Herzog zusammen. Die Wirklichkeit als tropenfieberhaftes Albtraumspiel im Perpetuum mobile von Krieg und Frieden.“

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung • 22.12.23

„Die Verknüpfung von William Shakespeares Stück mit Werner Herzogs Buch muss auf der Bühne erstmal ihre Tragfähigkeit erweisen. Das gelingt vor allem dank Thomas Schmauser. Sein Prospero ist besessen von der Idee der Vergeltung. Schmausers irrlichternder Blick und seine gepresste Stimme lassen den enormen inneren Druck der Figur erkennen. (…) Jan-Christoph Gockel hat einen gewaltigen Sturm der Bilder und Ideen entfesselt.“

Deutschlandfunk • 16.12.23

To the broadcast 

„Auftritt Werner Herzog, gespielt von Bernardo Arias Porras, die eigentliche Hauptfigur. Mit ihm gewinnt die Inszenierung an Dringlichkeit, an Spannung.“

Süddeutsche Zeitung • 18.12.23

„Explodierend verbreitet der Abend seine Granatsplitter von Zitaten, Verweisen und Denkanstößen. Klamauk und Kulturkritik werden zu einem furiosen Cocktail gemixt serviert. (…) Ein pralles Theaterereignis.“

Donaukurier • 19.12.23

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