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proteus 2481

A Satyr Play by Aeschylus

 Therese-Giehse-Halle
 World premiere
 Premiere: 13.12.2024
 With German surtitles
 Thu-Sat: 25€, Sun-Wed: 20€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€
 Therese-Giehse-Halle
 World premiere
 Premiere: 13.12.2024
 With German surtitles
 Thu-Sat: 25€, Sun-Wed: 20€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€

Maybe this isn’t reality, but with a tweak or two it could be.

The Kammerspiele is presenting the sensational premiere of a 2,481-year-old play, “proteus 2481”, the long-lost conclusion of the Oresteia! On a trip through Mexico, a playwright, classical philologist and theatre director from Austria finds fragments of a Spanish-Latin text in the spine of a book. He translates them, lets an AI fill in the gaps and has a hilarious satyr play by Aeschylus in his hands.

In times when the tragic has become omnipresent, nothing is missing like a good old satyr play full of lies, hyperbole and pranks to finally bring an end to all these interminable tragedies. A Mexican theatre collective, a choir of visually impaired actors and musicians, actors from the Kammerspiele ensemble who speak Spanish and ancient Greek, and a freely rotating team of stagehands, costumiers and musicians are all playing at the top of their game to finally give contemporary tragedies back their satyr plays.

Thomas Köck’s commissioned work for the Kammerspiele, “Eure Paläste sind leer” (Your Palaces Are Empty) was invited to the Autor*innentheatertage in Berlin. He is now directing at the Kammerspiele for the first time.

“A satyr play does not sound so tragic. It turns existential hopelessness into a celebration and that immediately captivated me when I first read the play in a small bodega in Veracruz.”

– Thomas Köck, classical philologist and director

In cooperation with the Südbayerische Wohn- und Werkstätten für Blinde und Sehbehinderte. Funded by "pik - Program for Inclusive Art Practice" of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
  • With Bernardo Arias Porras, Johanna Eiworth, teatro bola de carne (Bernardo Gamboa & Micaela Gramajo*), Samuel Koch
  • * Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores De Arte
  • Choir of the SWW "Blindgänger" Lourdes De Melo, Manfred Gutermann, Matthias Hartmann, Alexander Kern, Stephan Larro, Liridona Meter, Gizem Sahin, Jörg Schiener, Markus Wiedemann
  • Directed by Thomas Köck
  • Stage Design Barbara Ehnes
  • Costume Design Martin Miotk
  • Music Andreas Spechtl
  • Lighting Design Stephan Mariani
  • Dramaturgy Viola Hasselberg, Anna Laner
  • Choreography (Choir of the SWW "Blindgänger") Sacha Anema
  • Assistant to the Director Constanze Nogueira Negwer
  • Assistant Set Designer Hans Werner
  • Assistant Costume Designer Rafael Hinz
  • Stage Management Julia Edelmann
  • Prompter Daphné Chatzopoulos
  • Accompaniment SWW Kunigunde Frey, Jörg Kurz, Nathalie Kurz
  • Directing Intern Ronja Eder, Orkan Aydin
  • Costume Design Intern Camille Mick
  • Surtitles Yvonne Griesel (SPRACHSPIEL)
  • Technical Production Management Jonas Pim Simon
  • Stage Master Marcel Homack
  • Artistic Production Management Victoria Fischer
  • Production Assistant Josh Menges
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Visit to the performance of “proteus 2481” for young audiences (16 – 30 years) with artist talk and drinks directly after the performance. Register now at mitmachen@kammerspiele.de!

Dates & Tickets
Fri 13.12. 8 pm
Premiere
Sun 15.12. 8 pm

Talk afterwards

Fri 3.1.25 8 pm
Sat 4.1.25 8 pm
Sat 18.1.25 8 pm
Mon 20.1.25 8 pm
Take part Junge Nacht: 2 Tickets for 10 € With Audience Description
Wed 22.1.25 8 pm
Thu 23.1.25 8 pm

Introduction from 7:30 pm

Take part For TUM students 5€
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proteus 2481
  • Therese-Giehse-Halle
  • World premiere
  • Premiere: 13.12.2024
  • With German surtitles
  • Thu-Sat: 25€, Sun-Wed: 20€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€