Two homeless people in an indeterminable landscape and an uncertain time. They speak expectantly about the future day and desperately search for shared memories from the past; their present consists of nothing but waiting. In order to endure the torture of waiting and not being able to walk, they devote themselves to acting.
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Zuschauerraum Großes Haus
If Beckett had known what this couple was waiting for, he would not have written the play, he once replied. What are people waiting for? And what games do they invent to pass the time and exist unconsciously in the present?
Perhaps no other stage work has provoked as many interpretations as this one, although it eludes all theories and antitheses. Luk Perceval is interested in the comedy and the cruelty of this universal comedy of humanity.
The work of Irish Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett includes not only essays, prose and films, but also an epoch-making work of the century with "Waiting for Godot" - premiered in Paris in 1953. It is the second and best-known play by the writer, who was born in Dublin in 1906, and is considered a central text of the "Theatre of the Absurd".
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What are we waiting for? Two homeless people on the empty stage of existence in uncertain times. They talk expectantly about the future and desperately search for shared memories; their present consists of waiting. To endure the torment of waiting and not being able to leave, they devote themselves to play. What games do we invent to pass the time and exist unconsciously in our present? Samuel Beckett shows couples with all the consequences of duality and with a powerful love for human tenacity and desire that cannot be killed. Perhaps no other stage work has provoked so many different interpretations, even though this universal human comedy eludes everyone. In addition to essays, prose, and films, the work of the Irish Nobel Prize winner also includes "Waiting for Godot"—premiered in Paris in 1953—an epoch-making work of the century. It is the second and best-known play by the writer, who was born in Dublin in 1906, and is considered a central text of the "theater of the absurd." Luk Perceval is interested in the comedy and cruelty of our physical existence. By Amely Joana Haag
Participating artists
Von Samuel Beckett (Autor/in)
Matthias Brandt (Estragon)
Paul Herwig (Wladimir)
Oliver Kraushaar (Pozzo)
Jannik Mühlenweg (Lucky)
Roderich Gramse (Ein Junge)
Philipp Haagen (Live-Musik)
Luk Perceval
Katrin Brack
Ilse Vandenbussche
Rainer Süßmilch
Mark van Denesse
Amely Joana Haag
