Der große Gatsby

In the organizer's words:

The "Roaring Twenties"

Francis Scott Fitzgerald in a stage version by Rebekka Kricheldorf

Many a secret and various legends surround Jay Gatsby. No one knows the truth about his past or the source of his fabulous wealth. At his castle-like estate on Long Island, he throws exorbitant parties to which the top ten thousand from New York flock. But the only guest for whom Gatsby stages all of this fails to show up: Daisy Buchanan, his childhood sweetheart and the target of all his desires. Daisy, however, has long been married to Tom, who in turn is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle dreams of swapping her modest existence as the wife of petrol station owner George for the glittering world of the rich and beautiful. When Gatsby welcomes a new neighbor, Nick Carraway, new opportunities open up. Nick, who is Daisy's cousin, allows himself to be drawn into Gatsby's plans and soon arranges the long-awaited reunion ...

In his novel The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald created a symbol of the 1920s in which wealth and poverty collide. The attraction of Gatsby's dazzling parties and excesses, which seek to fill the inner emptiness, still has an effect today. Can the past be brought back? What happens to the great longing when it is fulfilled? A party on the edge, accompanied by a production with a live band and ecstatic dancing that brings the atmosphere of the Roaring Twenties to life.

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