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  • schwester / sister


    Schwester_2_Foto_Ursula_Kaufmann

    © Ursula Kaufmann

    by Jon Fosse
    Translated by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
    World premiere
    Theater Marabu, Bonn

    Director Claus Overkamp set Regina Rösing, Tina Jücker Costumes Regina Rösing Dramaturgy Tina Jücker Cast Hannah Biedermann, Philip Schlomm RIGHTS Rowohlt Theaterverlag

    wed april 24, 10 am ° 4 pm ° 8 pm
    thu april 25, 9 am ° 1 pm

    GRIPS PODEWIL
    50 min ° Age: 6 upwards

    “Hannah Biedermann and Philip Schlomm, the two performers in “Sister” only need small gestures to narrate Jon Fosse’s wonderful book on the stage.” (from the vote by Manfred Jahnke)

    SYNOPSIS

    A small boy in pyjamas creeps out of his house early one morning and goes to the fjord. He observes the grass waving in the wind, the clouds in the sky, and tiny waves washing up onto the bank. He breathes in and out, deeply and slowly.
    His mother finds him asleep in the grass and tells him off for leaving the house alone because “so many things can happen”! When she realised that he had suddenly disappeared she had been very worried. The boy does not understand. He hasn’t done anything wrong. He gets sad and feels alone. But then he realises he will never have to be completely alone and lays his head on his sister’s shoulder. She puts her arm around his waist.

    In his award-winning children’s book Jon Fosse tells of a child’s urge to discover the world. In doing so he finds moving images which also contain potential dangers. From the point of view of an adult it is quite right to worry. But the child can only experience all the riches of life by being completely free of anxiety.

    The production implements the text in a sensitive and constantly surprising manner. Sounds, projections and shadow plays are created anew from moment to moment.

     

    Schwester_1_Foto_Ursula_Kaufmann

    © Ursula Kaufmann

    Theater Marabu (founded in 1993) is an independent professional theatre with its own venue in Bonn. It shows concentrate on stories which deal with the existential questions of life in a humorous manner. The group looks for ways of recounting and presenting its shows in such a way as to encourage the audience to enter into a dialogue and think and feel for themselves. Theater Marabu has performed at regional and national theatre festivals. Its work has been presented with awards on many occasions.

    www.theater-marabu.de