An Intergalactic Musical by Madame Nielsen & Christian Lollike
A hit parade to Mars. — Here you finally get to know the super-rich with all their worries and hardships.
Three multi-billionaires meet in a bar. What sounds like the beginning of a joke is the starting point for a scurrilous and, at the same time, melancholic musical comedy set between Silicon Valley and Mars, written and composed by the Danish multidisciplinary artist Madame Nielsen.
Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg encounter each other by chance in a nightclub. They have money, lots of money, but they feel bad because things are not going well for so many people around the globe. With conflicting ideas about how to save the world, they set off instead for the stars to finally create a perfect world out of red dust. A satirical musical trip about the worries and dreams of the super-rich.
With a psychedelic sound halfway between David Bowie and Tom Waits, and an atmosphere bouncing between Stanley Kubrick and Monty Python, “Very Rich Angels” is the first theatrical production developed for the German-speaking world by celebrated Danish director Christian Lollike and Madame Nielsen, whose novels including “The Endless Summer”, “The Monster” and “Lamento” are also bestsellers in Germany. Beware of the Angels! Follow them to Mars!
- With Elias Krischke, Jelena Kuljić, Christian Löber, Annette Paulmann, Yuriy Sych
- With (Live Music) Jacob Suske
- Directed by Christian Lollike
- Text Madame Nielsen
- Stage Design & Costumes Katrin Bombe
- Composition & Lyrics Madame Nielsen
- Composition & Arrangements Jacob Suske
- Lighting Design Christian Schweig
- Sound Viola Drewanz, Paolo Mariangeli, Quirin Schacherl
- Dramaturge Tobias Schuster
- Assistant to the Director Marion Hélène Weber
- Stage Design Assistant Julia Bahn
- Costume Design Collaboration Jacqueline Elaine Koch
- Stage Management Barbara Stettner
- Prompter Daphne Chatzopoulos
- Directing Intern Raphaela Fiuza Nowakowski
- Artistic Production Management Daniela Schroll
- Technical Production Management Jonas Pim Simon
- Stage Master Thomas Graml
- Stage Machinery Michael Preusser, Stefan Wickop
- Light Diana Dorn, Tankred Friedrich, Daniel Prütz, Yongwoo Kwon
- Make-Up Alyssia Achille, Miriam Funck, Sylvia Janka, Sofie Reindl-Grüger
- Costumes Bernd Canavan, Marija Ružić
- Props Daniel Bittner, Manuel Kößler
- Carpentry Lizzi Aistermann, Ellen Bosse, Michael Buhl, Josef Friesl, Tobias Holland, Clemens Künneth, Stefan Klodt-Bussmann, Sebastian Nebe, Franz Wallner, Hannes Zippert
- Metalworker Andreas Bacher, Jürgen Goudenhooft, Friedrich Würzhuber
- Decorator Anja Gebauer, Tim Hagemeyer, Tobias Herzog, Maria Hörger
- Scenic Painting Evi Eschenbach, Ingrid Weindl
- Stage Sculpture Maximilian Biek
- Performing rights Madame Nielsen
- Surtitles Yvonne Griesel (SPRACHSPIEL)
Trailer
Digital introduction
Press reviews
“Nevertheless, this production with its grandiose ensemble is sure to be the summer runner of the season.”
“Highest praise for Katrin Bombe’s stage in the style of Edward Hopper’s legendary painting, but mainly for her masks, because not only the beings from the alien star are styled in a stunningly utopian way with their Egyptian-inspired heads.”
“All of this is (…) undoubtedly well done, and this already applies to the musical interludes alone.”
Dates & Tickets
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Tue 30.12. 8 – 9:35 pmBack on the schedule
- Schauspielhaus
- World premiere
- Opening night: 7.6.2024
- 1 hour 35 minutes
- With English surtitles
- Thu-Sat: 15-45€, Sun-Wed: 10-40€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€