TheatreBrecht’s Ghosts
Narodno pozorište Sarajevo
BRECHT’S GHOSTS
BY SUSE WÄCHTER
Produced by: BERLINER ENSEMBLE
Suse Wächter is the inventor of a world inhabited by revenants from the 20th century. Her epochal production “Helden des 20. Jahrhunderts” featured the immortal stars, historical demons and unforgotten heroes and heroines of our dreams. Her more than one hundred puppets are deceptively similar copies of the undead who are still alive our minds. In her new work, Berliner Ensemble’s “household deity” Bertolt Brecht is haunted by the countless ghosts whom he met during his long exile and on his eventual return to Theater am Schiffbauerdamm. Together with two musicians and a puppeteer, Suse Wächter has created an evening’s séance, where these little creatures with big auras play their game.
Photographer: Jörg Brüggemann
PRESS QUOTES
“The wonderful puppeteer, puppet maker, director and writer Suse Wächter – whose talents cannot be praised highly enough – stages a rather amusing exorcism on the main stage.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
“Especially for those new to Brecht, the evening, with its light-heartedness, offers many delightful ‘aha’ moments and food for further thought.” (Berliner Morgenpost)
“It is a mixture of a magic box and a ghost train that truly leaves one in a state of childlike wonder.” (rbb Kultur)
“Anyone looking for a fundamental introduction to Brecht’s theatre will find it here, presented in a very entertaining and also very unusual way.” (Radio Eins)
CAST/TEAM
WITH Moritz Ilmer, Suse Wächter and Martin Klingeberg, Matthias Trippner (Live-Music)
DIRECTION/PUPPET-MAKING Suse Wächter STAGE DESIGN Constanze Kümmel MUSIC Martin Klingeberg, Matthias Trippner LIGHTING DESIGN Steffen Heinke DRAMATURGY Bernd Stegemann
WORLD PREMIERE SEPTEMBER 21ST 2022, GROSSES HAUS
DURATION: APPROX: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES, NO INTERVENTION