Der Sturm

In the organizer's words:

A violent storm rages around the barren desert island to which Prospero, formerly the not uncontroversial Duke of Milan, saved himself twelve years ago together with his daughter Miranda. At the time, his brother Antonio had overthrown him in an intrigue and abandoned him on the high seas. Prospero now rules the island and its creatures and spirits, such as the air spirit Ariel and the native Caliban. Ariel has unleashed a storm in which Prospero's enemies, above all his brother Antonio, the current Duke of Milan, are shipwrecked and stranded on this very island. Prospero now sets in motion an ingenious plan that shakes up the past and present fates of the survivors of the shipwreck and the islanders, restores his stolen power and enables him to reconcile with his own history. Shakespeare's fairytale-like play playfully experiments with the themes of power and exploitation, civilization and nature and the utopia of a possible new beginning.

The magical world of this island, the forces of nature, the fading boundaries between dream and reality as well as the claim to power and nature are transformed into a darkly sparkling theatrical experience in this production through the interplay of drama and puppet theater, which finds the ideal venue in a windswept tent.