Kohlhaas

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0100

Kohlhaas, an honest citizen, is treated badly. Determined to defend himself against injustice and state arbitrariness, he presses charges. He waits in vain for redress. Driven by rage and despair, he unleashes a stampede for justice. But Kohlhaas is not only a victim, his desire for revenge also turns him into a cruel perpetrator. At the end of his journey is his own death and that of many innocent people. Wars and revolutions, upheavals and political decisions always affect the weakest members of a society. Those who have no lobby are sidelined. Heinrich von Kleist’s mesmerizing tale is one of the most fervent fantasies of violence in German literature and is still relevant today.

Nathans Kinder

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0100

In the Luther Year 2017, questions of faith and their significance are more than ever at the center of many unresolved problems. “Nathan’s Children” by Ulrich Hub, in his free adaptation of Lessing’s ‘Nathan the Wise’, is set in Jerusalem. It is no coincidence that the author chose this city in Israel. There is hardly any other place in the world where all three world religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam - live so close together. The stage is an abstract space in which everyone has to meet everyone else.

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Kohlhaas

Nathans Kinder