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nathan in the box

Received with "Burning down the House" (Talking Heads) Nathan returns home from a long trip. Fortunately, his daughter Recha was saved in time by the hero who, like an angel, saves her from the fire: "Send me an angel" (Scorpions).


Humanity and tolerance can overcome divides and make peaceful coexistence possible - this message, racy and catchy, carried by a sound carpet of well-known pop songs, is excellently embodied and presented in the one-woman-puppet-transformation-playback-show by Bridge Markland.

  • Idea / sound collage / co-direction / performance - Bridge Markland
  • Co-direction / dramaturgy - Nils Foerster
  • sound design - Tom Hornig
  • Puppets / costume design / props - Eva Garland

Narrator:inside: Iris Boss (as Daja), Cora Frost (as Sittah), Lance Girard (as Dervish)
Markus von Lingen (as the Temple Lord), Thomas Nicolai (as Sultan Saladin/Patriarch) Ingo Volkmer (as Nathan), Ewa Ziegenbein (as Recha), Frank Zimmermann (as the Monastery Brother).

The production is suitable for all audiences aged 12 and over!

(Program in German)
Additional information
Admission: 15 euros, reduced 6 euros
Reduction for severely disabled persons, pupils, students and holders of a Berlin Pass.

By public transport:
U7 Parchimer Allee
M44 Britzer Damm/Tempelhofer Weg
M46 Fulhamer Allee
Bus 181 Britzer Damm/Mohriner Allee