Wedding atmosphere in Athens. The victorious general Theseus wants to marry the beautiful Hippolyta.
Hermia is to take the young Demetrius as her husband. But Hermia loves Lysander and Lysander loves Hermia...
just as Demetrius loves Hermia. Demetrius, in turn, is desired by Helena, but no one loves her.
loves. What a mess. The protagonists flee from all their distress into the forest. A quarrel is raging there
between the vain fairy king Oberon and his hot-blooded wife Titania. And the court jester Puck
the love merry-go-round - faster and faster, so that eventually all the lovers are swept away...
The music, which accompanied every performance in the Elizabethan theater, beats today, not least because of
quality of composer Martin Lingnau, builds a bridge between the sublimity of a masterpiece and its audience.
and its audience.
Musical by Martin Lingnau, Sigrid Andersson and Edith Jeske. Musically rearranged by Klaus von Heydenaber.
Co-production with Elton Musik.
Price information:
One-way tickets €20 to €32, reduced price for schoolchildren, students and federal volunteers and further information from the Lünen Cultural Office, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 41, 44532 Lünen; phone 02306 104-2299 or visit www.kulturbuero-luenen.de