Over seven bridges (musical)
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Title: | Over seven bridges |
Original title: | Over seven bridges - the musical |
Original language: | German |
Music: | different composers |
Book: | Wolfgang Liebisch |
Original direction: | Dirk Soukup / Florian Ziegler |
Premiere: | September 13, 2009 |
Place of premiere: | Tangermünde , St. Stephan vicarage |
Playing time: | 180 min |
Place and time of the action: | Summer 1989, Warnemünde / Berlin |
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Over seven bridges is a musical in two acts that, based on music from the GDR , tells a love story at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall . Wolfgang Liebisch had the idea for this musical. On December 10, 2010, he accepted the city of Stendal's culture award for the musical .
action
first act
1989 - a hot summer. The Baltic Sea beaches are overcrowded. Nicole is an ice cream seller, her boyfriend Tommy is a musician. You are considering fleeing to the West. Micha (from West Berlin ) and Peter (from Dresden ) want to smuggle them to the West. It works with Tommy, but not with Nicole.
Second act
Nicole in the east of Berlin is lonely, as is Tommy in the west of Berlin. But the citizens' movement creates the incomprehensible, the wall falls and the GDR citizens can enjoy their freedom. All Germans celebrate euphorically, Tommy and Nicole are also reunited.
background
music
The musical includes songs by Karat , Puhdys , Veronika Fischer , Silly , Wolfgang Lippert , Nina Hagen and other GDR interpreters and composers.
occupation
The line-up in cooperation with various clubs is special. The cast is made up of professionals and amateur actors. The associations Hansebund-Stendal e. V., Kunstplatte e. V., Open Canal Stendal e. V. and the KTSC Treuer Husar Heeren e. V. contributed to the implementation of the play.
Cast of the premiere on September 13, 2009:
- Micha - Dirk Soukup
- Tommy - Holger Götzky
- Nicole - Judith Zürcher
- Peter - Thorsten Ladwig
- Erna / Carola - Julia Lehmann
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nora Knappe: A look back over seven bridges. In: Volksstimme. August 27, 2009, accessed October 7, 2018 .
- ^ Musical fall of the Berlin Wall: Heartbreak and lots of Ostrock. In: SVZ. December 28, 2013, accessed October 7, 2018 .