A classic that reinvented the rules of theatre at the turn of the last century: with *King Ubu*, Alfred Jarry created one of the most provocative plays of the modern era – a wild, grotesque satire on the lust for power, corruption and the depths of human depravity.
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Deutsches Theater
The gluttonous and money-grubbing Father Ubu ruthlessly seizes the crown, and a madcap campaign full of intrigue, violence and absurd humour begins. Straddling the lines between farce, social criticism and anarchic wordplay, this erratic and wild play continues to reflect reality to this day in an almost uncanny and grotesque manner.
King Ubu, which is actually less a play than a collection of theatrical texts, remains bitingly topical and, even more than a century after its creation, is at once funny, unsettling and fascinating.
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Participating artists
Jan Bosse
Alfred Jarry
Dates
April 2027
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