Lighting design for a theatre piece by andcompany&Co.
“How do you squat an imaginary space within an imaginary context?” Together with Dutch and Flemish theatre makers andcompany&Co. occupy the stage to rehearse the “Opstand”. The historical reference point of their perfomance is the Eighty Years’ War (1568 to 1648). While the “Secession of the Netherlands from the Spanish Empire” (Friedrich Schiller) created the first European republic, Germans were writing plays about it: Schiller’s “Don Carlos” and Goethe’s “Egmont.” Together with the Flemish theatre-maker Joachim Robbrecht andcompany&Co. proclaim a temporary ‘transnational theatre’, which combines the French political tract “The Coming Insurrection” and the world wide Occupy movement, in which the spirit of freedom is called upon, which was born 444 years ago in the Netherlands where it is being buried today. In historical costumes from past revolutions the actors enter the squatted stage: the Geuzen(“beggars”) are back! But this time not only the governor of Spain has to be afraid, but all of Europe, because what began as farce could end in tragedy. (andcompany&Co)
Premiered at Exerzierhalle, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater 23.2.2012
Conceived and performed by Rüdiger Hauffe, Alexander Karschnia, Simon Lenski, Nicola Nord, Joachim Robbrecht, Hartmut Schories, Sascha Sulimma, Vincent van der Valk, Reinier van Houdt, Ward Weemhoff &Co.
Text: Alexander Karschnia, Nicola Nord, Joachim Robbrecht&Co. Set Design: Jan Brokof&Co. Costume: Lisa Maline Busse&Co. Music: Sascha Sulimma&Co. Lighting Design Gregor Knüppel&Co. Dramaturgy Oldenburgisches Staatstheater: Jörg Vorhaben. Production Assistant: Thomas Renner. Production management: Aurel Thurn.
