The Story of King Lear and his Fool who calls him Nuncle

In the organizer's words:

'The Story of King Lear and his Fool who calls him Nuncle' interweaves fragments from Shakespeare's 'King Lear' with contemporary paranoias around desire and speech. As we follow a couple at an impasse and the myriad conversations they have with a cast of increasingly unlikely characters, this play turns its gaze on claustrophobic loops in conversation, the incommunicability of desire, and the spirals of paranoia and isolation this produces. Through this, it attempts to unravel the impasses of love and recognition that are the machinery of tragedy.

Mesmerizing and provocative, '...Nuncle' is a paean to Lear's unwavering wants and to our own untenable desires.

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The Story of King Lear and His Fool Who Calls Him Nuncle is a new play in English, a fascinating blend of Shakespeare's 'King Lear' and a new paranoia of desire and language. Through conversations between couples, exhausted dancers, analysts and analysands, this play looks at the confusion of conversation, the incommunicability of desire and the spiral of paranoia and isolation that results. By interweaving lines and fragments from Shakespeare's play with new texts and settings, it attempts to explore the dead ends of love and recognition that form the
the machinery of tragedy. Bombastic, captivating and provocative, this play combines claustrophobic loops of conversation with Lear's storm-tossed wastelands. It is a magnificent refutation of Cordelia's reason. It is a paean to Lear's wavering desires and to our own unsustainable longings.

In English language with German surtitles // In English language with German surtitles.

Play // The actors are: Amy Varcoe, Sam Roberts, Timothy Große, Sharon Egbe, Joni Hoffmann, Lilith Maxion & Bob Alimea
Author // Text: Moses May-Hobbes
Director // Directed by: Izzy Collie-Cousins
Assistant director // Assistant director: Lilli Kaufmann
Stage design // Set design: Talea Funk, Simon Veyl & Milo Lafferty
Costume design // Costumes: Hanna Schweitzer & Sonja Nagel
Sound design // Music: Leon Grund
Stage management // Stage construction: Aleksandra Kabala
Production assistance // Production assistance: Achim Frank
Poster design // Graphic design: Talea Funk

Homepage: https://www.ensemblejedermensch.de/

PREMIERE: 05.07.2024 // OST-PASSAGE THEATER
06.07.2024 // OST-PASSAGE THEATER
14.07.2024 // OST-PASSAGE THEATER

Price information:

Full: 9€, Reduced: 6€, Sponsorship price: 12€