A Vampire Comedy by Jan-Christoph Gockel, inspired by F. W. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” and the life of Max Schreck
Get bitten!
He became an international cult figure playing a vampire in F. W. Murnau’s film “Nosferatu”. At the same time, in the mid-1920s, Max Schreck was an actor at the Münchner Kammerspiele. And, allegedly, he still resides in the cellars of the building on Maximilian Strasse, where – as was already the case under the leadership of Otto Falckenberg – there is chatter about “a traditional theatre in crisis”. So they – finally – hire a real star: Max Schreck rises from the depths beneath the stage to new popularity. Meanwhile, the director starts to realise that several bloodsuckers may be involved in this “bloodless theatre” – both in front of and behind the scenes. He becomes acquainted with more and more vampires and learns about their lives. Isolated from the world, often denigrated as an elite, these creatures look at the crises and wars of our day from a different point of view, because they have seen so many already.
The question arises: do you have to drain others to survive or is there another way? And will the stage version of “Nosferatu” be a success or a deadly disaster? In this performance, a brilliant silent-film piano accompaniment, live-drawn horror tableaux and an ensemble of very lively vampires, people and puppets take us into an, at times, highly comedic realm of shadows.
“To keep with F. W. Murnau: you don’t have to ‘play’ a vampire; it suffices to be one.”
– Jan-Christoph Gockel, director
- With Katharina Bach, Anton Berman, Sebastian Brandes, Dennis Fell-Hernandez, Walter Hess, Frangiskos Kakoulakis, Nadège Meta Kanku, Johanna Kappauf, Jelena Kuljić, Sofiia Melnyk , Nina Moorgat, Michael Pietsch, Leoni Schulz
- Directed by Jan-Christoph Gockel
- Idea and concept Jan-Christoph Gockel, Claus Philipp
- Stage Design Julia Kurzweg
- Costume Design Sophie du Vinage
- Puppet Making Michael Pietsch
- Music and composition Anton Berman
- Video Lion Bischof
- Live Drawing Sofiia Melnyk
- Lighting Design Christian Schweig
- Sounddesign Katharina Widmaier-Zorn, Korbinian Wegler
- Dramaturgy Viola Hasselberg, Claus Philipp
- Text „van Helsing“ Katharina Bach
- Assistant to the Director Malene Pastor
- Stage Design Assistant Ying Yue
- Assistant Costume Designer Jacqueline Elaine Koch
- Stage Management Stefanie Rendtorff
- Prompter Jutta Ina Masurath
- Directing Intern Hermela Aicha Linz, Nina Moorgat, Anastasia Nizamovas
- Stage Design Intern Emma Götze, Ulrike Jäger
- Costume Design Intern Frieda Bald
- Theater Education Intern Romain Cussonneau
- Theater Educational Support Filo Krause, Scherief Ukkeh
- Surtitles Yvonne Griesel (SPRACHSPIEL)
- Artistic Production Management Victoria Fischer
- Technical Production Management Adrian Bette
- Stage Master Josef Hofmann
- Stage Machinery Thomas Grill, Florian Obermeier
- Signal Box Diana Dorn
- Lighting Tankred Friedrich, Louis Nickel, Johnny Schoch
- Video Ikenna David Okegwo, Julia Römpp, Thomas Zengerle
- Sound Korbinian Wegler, Katharina Widmaier-Zorn
- Make-Up Brigitte Frank, Sylvia Janka, Elvira Liesenfeld, Thomas Opatz
- Make-up Raimund Richar-Vetter
- Costumes Bernd Canavan, Pavla Engelhardtova, Iroha Kaneshiro, Angelika Stingl
- Props Manuel Kößler, Dagmar Nachtmann, Heidemarie Sänger
- Carpentry Michael Buhl, Josef Friesl, Tobias Holland, Stefan Klodt-Bussmann, Josef Piechatzek
- Metalworkers Andreas Bacher, Jürgen Goudenhooft, Friedrich Würzhuber
- Decorations Anja Gebauer, Tim Hagemeyer, Tobias Herzog, Maria Hörger, Lisann Öttl
- Scenic Painting Salvatore van den Busken, Evi Eschenbach, Oliver Freitag, Frederic Sontag, Ingrid Weindl
- Stage Sculpture Maximilian Biek, Helge Bloos-Walzer, Ulrike Jäger
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