Cast Away is Hollywood canon: FedEx controller Chuck, who rushes parcel couriers around the area, is stranded on an island with a few parcels after a plane crash. To keep himself from going mad in solitude, he talks to himself using a volleyball he calls Wilson. The volleyball became a pop culture icon overnight. It was carried across red carpets and answered questions from the media on its behalf.
In Cast Away – Die Antwort, Wilson will now speak for itself for the first time: “Up the stairs, down the stairs. Up to 200 times a day.” This is the pace of work that parcel delivery workers often perform for more than ten hours a day, six days a week. Markus&Markus Theaterkollektiv turn the Kantine into a parcel distribution center and give Wilson the voice of those who are being bossed around by Chuck. With them, they create Wilson and thus give the narrative a dramatic answer.
They never ring the doorbell! They just drop a note in the mailbox – if that! Or they ring every doorbell. And then they drop a note in the mailbox. They drop the package off at the parcel shop on the other side of town! Even though I was home!
(IN GERMAN)
Additional information
Concept, implementation: Lara-Joy Bues, Katarina Eckold, Markus Schäfer, Markus SchmansStage design, costumes: Clara HertelLighting design: Anahí PérezSound: Matthias MeppelinkEducation: Daria BertramWilson: Julia, MariusThanks to: Faire Mobilität
A production by Markus&Markus Theaterkollektiv in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Lower Saxony Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken Foundation, Volksbank eG Hildesheim-Lehrte-Pattensen, the Hildesheim Regional Association, the City of Hildesheim and the Friedrich Weinhagen Foundation. In partnership with doppelplatin e.V. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
A production by Markus&Markus Theaterkollektiv in co-production with Sophiensæle. Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Lower Saxony Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken Foundation, Volksbank eG Hildesheim-Lehrte-Pattensen, the Hildesheim Regional Association, the City of Hildesheim and the Friedrich Weinhagen Foundation. In partnership with doppelplatin e.V. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Dates
November 2025
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