Gotthelm or the myth of Claus

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Title: Gotthelm or the myth of Claus
Original language: German
Author: Michael Lentz
Premiere: January 25, 2007
Place of premiere: Schauspiel Frankfurt , Frankfurt am Main

Gotthelm or Mythos Claus is a play by Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winner Michael Lentz . It was premiered on January 25, 2007 at the Schauspiel Frankfurt . The idea and concept of the piece came about in collaboration with the writer, media and machine artist Uli Winters . The piece, subtitled “Trophobia”, was printed by S. Fischer .

It is the first theatrical work performed by the author.

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The place of the drama is a hairdressing salon. In it, seven women (all with the name Claus) sit over the crossword puzzles of the Yellow Press , tracing the word God .

The designation “trophobia” is to be explained as a play on “ claustrophobia ” in view of the common name “Claus” of the people appearing . The "Gotthelm" (a drying hood in one piece) or the overall title go back to the neurotheologist Michael Persinger , who assumes that neural impulses can stimulate mystical experiences.

admission

Christian Gampert from Deutschlandfunk called the staging of the premiere in a positive way: “a chaotic panel discussion with horribly tastelessly dressed speaking harlequins, actresses who act, breathe, whisper, scream, snort, twitch, hyperventilate, embody.” He attested to the piece itself “Spinning, instantly associating language games”. In a text review, the world called the piece a “virtuoso, grotesquely funny god-seeker language game”.

literature

  • Uwe B. Carstensen , Stefanie von Lieven (ed.): Theater Theater. Current pieces 17 . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt a. M. 2007

Single receipts

  1. ↑ http://www.dradio.de/dlf/sendung/kulturheute/587313/
  2. ↑ Review Theater Theater 17; S. Fischer, In: Die Welt (from April 26, 2008)

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