Compania Sincara spielt: (K)Ein Sommernachtstraum - Frei nach William Shakespeare
12/14/2024
at 8:00 PM
/ Leipzig
Another time, Waldemar, Eusebius, and Kerbel return. Once again, it is: Compania Sincara plays Shakespeare – differently! But wait: “(K)Ein Sommernachtstraum”? What’s that supposed to mean? Dream or not dream? Both. Buzz, buzz. How is that supposed to work? It only works with clowns. They’re crazy. And how! This will be great theater! Really? Of course! You’ve dreamt of that. Such a Shakespeare has been seen here and there and absolutely nowhere only twice! – “I had a dream. It is beyond human understanding to say what kind of dream it was.”
Here they are again: Waldemar, Eusebius, and Kerbel – three clowns. And once more, they are waiting. Damn it! Will they ever get out of waiting? No one knows. At least they’re not leaving us behind. But there must be a solution? No, they have no solutions, but they do have songs. And so they sing – of love, the wisdom of the donkey, happiness, death, and the course of the world. And at the same time, they play with (k)ein summer night’s dream, but surely some craftsman scenes. This will be real 'folk theater.' They play with fairies and elves, lions and lovers, with the moon and a wall, with theater and with a puck – a deeply tragic comedy of a dream: “… and it shall be called ‘Zettel's Dream’ because it gets hopelessly tangled.” In the end, they disappear again this time. Forever? Hope remains.
With “(K)Ein Sommernachtstraum,” the Leipzig theater collective remains true to its special playing style. This will not be an ordinary piece; it will be an evening of songs, a theater festival of transformations. Compania Sincara takes the audience on a journey through a dream on a midsummer night, in which reality is momentarily suspended. It goes deep down to the bottom of the Vltava and up to the clouds, to the mountain and on the ship, to Spain or Athens, with the scythe over flower meadows, somewhere in the world. One doesn't have to be a Shakespeare expert to be taken along and have fun. Because there are these three loving figures, the slightly rebellious clowns Eusebius, Waldemar, and Kerbel. They make the uniqueness of this evening and entice the audience to spin, play, and sing with them. Because that always works.
After “Hamlet” (2022) and “As You Like It or What You Will” (2023), Compania Sincara, together with the Schauspiel Leipzig and the Schaubühne Lindenfels, brings their third Shakespeare to the stage, completing a cycle that began in 2022 with the “Triad for Leipzig.” The grand finale follows! – “Well roared, lion!”
Performers: Rico Dietzmeyer, Felicitas Erben, Paul Heimel, Jojo Rösler
Music & Composition: Johannes Cotta, Annegret Enderle
Direction, Scenario & Translation: Rico Dietzmeyer
Masks & Scenography: Franziska E. Schubert
Stage & Equipment: Lisa-Maria Totzke
Co-Direction & Lighting: Christoph Püngel
Assistance: Alejandro Duran
Collaboration: Gerda Baumbach
A production by Compania Sincara. In co-production with the Schaubühne Lindenfels and the Schauspiel Leipzig. Funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig.
Remaining tickets are available from 1 hour before the performance at the box office.
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