The ridiculous darkness
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| Original title: | The ridiculous darkness |
| Genus: | radio play |
| Original language: | German |
| Author: | Wolfram Lotz |
| Literary source: | Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad |
| Premiere: | September 6, 2014 |
| Place of premiere: | Akademietheater Vienna |
| Place and time of the action: | Hamburg, Afghanistan |
| Duration of the premiere | 2 hours with a break (if you want) |
| Director of the premiere | Dušan David Pařízek |
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The ridiculous darkness is a play that was conceived as a radio play . It was written by the playwright Wolfram Lotz and is an update of the novel Herz der Finsternis by Joseph Conrad . It also takes up motifs from the film Apocalypse Now by Francis Ford Coppola .
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The Somali Ultimo Michael Pussi is on trial before the Hamburg district court for the attack on the cargo ship MS Taipan and tells about his career as a pirate. He hopes for understanding and mourns the death of his friend Tofdau.
In the rainforests of Afghanistan, Sergeant-Major Pellner and Private Dorsch are looking upriver in a patrol boat for a freaked lieutenant colonel to be executed. They penetrate deeper and deeper into the wilderness and darkness, and in the process move more and more away from the supposed civilization.
When the drowned pirate Tofdau suddenly returns to the stage and asks for help in the darkness, Sergeant Pellner shoots him because there is no room for a stranger in this play.
Specialty
A break of 20 minutes is actually planned, but during this time the boards that mean the world (the stage set) are chopped up into sawdust, so it is actually played through.
Honors
The play was invited to the Berlin Theatertreffen and the Mülheim Theatertage in 2015 .
The play was voted German-language play of the year by the theater magazine Theater heute in 2015 , and the world premiere was awarded in the categories Production of the Year and Stage Design of the Year . Stefanie Reinsperger was voted both young actress of the year and actress of the year for her performance .
When Nestroy Theater Prize in 2015 , the piece with the author Award as best play, and as was German-speaking Best Performance Award
Reviews
“Lotz's clever text, the irony of which is tamed by the seriousness with which the unmanageable problems are presented, rightly brought long cheers to the audience for the actresses, the director and the author. This piece will make its way across the stages. "
“In this“ ridiculous darkness ”a lot flashes of what worries us as responsible“ first world citizens ”, from coltan mining to overfishing of the world's oceans, from the war in the Balkans to dealing with Islam. Against the madness of reality, this performance sets the anarchy of the theater. “The impossible theater is the eternal requirement,” says Lotz. Pařizek took this demand as seriously as possible with great pleasure. "
“You are led through exactly what the title says: It's dark and it's ridiculous. And really worth seeing. "
" The ridiculous darkness is a highlight of the current theater season, a production that convinced in all areas and has completely thrilled the audience."
radio play
In 2015 Leonhard Koppelmann staged the actual "radio play" for SWR with the voices of Julian Greis (Ultimo Michael Pussi), Christoph Luser (Sergeant Oliver Pellner), Alexander Scheer (Stefan Dorsch), Cornelius Obonya (Karl Deutinger), Tim Seyfi (Bojan Stojkovic et al.), Andreas Grothgar (Reverend Carter), Johann von Bülow (Italian blue helmet Lodetti) and Lars Rudolph (Tofdau), the music was composed zeitblom .
The radio play was nominated for both the German Radio Play Prize and the War Blind Radio Play Prize.
Web links
- The ridiculous darkness on the sides of the Burgtheater
- Wolfram Lotz's ridiculous darkness over his work
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The ridiculous darkness on the pages of the Berliner Festspiele
- ↑ Theater heute: Highlights of the 2014/15 season . Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ↑ derStandard.at - Critics' survey: Burgtheater voted Theater of the Year . APA notification dated August 27, 2015, accessed August 27, 2015.
- ^ Nestroys: Wuttke and Orth are "best actors" . Article dated November 2, 2015, accessed November 2, 2015.
- ^ Nestroy Prize 2015: The nominations . Press release of September 30, 2015, accessed on September 30, 2015.
- ↑ The ridiculous darkness on the pages of Deutschlandfunk
- ↑ The ridiculous darkness on the pages of the FAZ
- ↑ The ridiculous darkness ( memento of the original from June 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Lucerne Theater
