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  • Alice im Wunderland / Alice in Wonderland


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    © Sinje Hasheider

    Lewis Carroll
    in a version by Barbara Bürk
    Junges Schauspielhaus Hamburg

    Director Barbara Bürk Music Clemens Sienknecht Set Anke Grot Dramaturgy Steffen Sünkel Cast Hermann Book, Angelina Häntsch, Jonathan Müller, Christine Ochsenhofer, Florens Schmidt, Clemens Sienknecht

    TUE April 23, 6 pm
    WED April 24, 9 am

    THEATER AN DER PARKAUE ° Bühne 2
    90 min ° age: 8 upwards

    “This light-footed version of the story turns Carroll’s absurd episodes once more on their head, comments on them and caricatures them, and gives the well-known chop-logic nonsense its own particular musical rhythm.” (from the vote by Bernd Mand)

    SYNOPSIS

    Alice is lying on the grass utterly bored. She is almost half asleep when she meets a white rabbit which leads her into a completely new world in which Alice also changes. Suddenly she begins to ask herself: Who am I? I’m growing all the time and continually changing. Is Rome the capital of Helsinki?

    Even her living room which used to be nice and cosy with its rugs and curtains begins to change. It turns into a dark cave, a sound studio and a stony landscape covered in moss. Everything is possible in this space which can cater for the strangest beings. Alice is not at all amazed when a huge green caterpillar charges in. A baby which changes into a young pig is as unsurprising to Alice as the Queen of Hearts who first wants to behead her, but then changes her mind and invites her to play a game of croquet. Realities continually shift from small to large and large to small. Words lose their sense and rules are turned upside down.

    The production bubbles over with comedy and music. In Alice’s Wonderland people dance to pop hits, alarm clocks ring out in a chorus, and the audience is taken on a journey through an absurd, bizarre kingdom against a continually changing background.

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    © Sinje Hasheider

     

    The “Junges Schauspielhaus” is a separate department set up to cater for young audiences at the “Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg”. The ensemble consists of five actors whose repertoire comprises up to 15 different productions for young people. Since the 2009/2010 season the “Junges Schauspielhaus” has set up a new range of productions with the title “Utopia” to deal with questions about the future and relationships between the generations. The company has won many prizes for its work and is continually being invited to appear in theatres and festivals at home and abroad.

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