Bis die Sterne zittern

In the organizer's words:

a novel by Johannes Herwig | in a stage adaptation by Jessica Pollnau & Swen Lasse Awe | youth theater project | world premiere

Leipzig 1936: some are dreaming of war, others fear for their lives. And in the middle of it all are the Leipzig Meuten. Young people in resistance. Against the Hitler Youth. Against the entire Nazi regime. Well networked throughout the city. Full of courage and clearly aware that arrest could mean prison, labor camp or concentration camp.

In Until the Stars Tremble, 16-year-old Harro makes contact with the Connewitz section of the Leipzig Meuten. An encounter that will change his life. Adventures, trips, love, friendship, but also fear, loss and violence will accompany him in the future.

Resistance or retreat? How would we behave? What does growing up in such a regime mean for your own development? How does it feel to live in constant fear?

The UT Connewitz is not only the venue for the premiere, but also an important setting in Johannes Herwig's novel.

Play: Milan Bügner, Radek Thümmler, Eva Loretta Jahn, Miró Orschinski, Kilian Ritz, Mariella Schaller, Anna Schreiber | Director: Susann Schreiber | Dramaturgy: Johann Christoph Awe

© Performance rights with Verlag für Kindertheater Weitendorf, Hamburg.

The project is funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig in the program "The whole city as a stage". The project is a cooperation between WERK 2 - Kulturfabrik e. V. and the Cammerspiele Leipzig.