Hermia is promised as a wife by her father Demetrius. If she refuses, she faces death. But Hermia protests: she loves Lysander and he loves her too. And after all, Demetrius courted another until recently: Helena, who is still fighting for his favor. Meanwhile, in the forest, the fairy king Oberon is wrestling with his wife Titania, a troupe of craftsmen is trying to rehearse a play, and in an attempt to conjure up the solution to everything, Puck instigates the (dis)luck even further.
Behind Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" there is not only a witty comedy and an enchanted fairy tale, which can easily be played timelessly. The play contains motifs, actions and statements that are also polarizing in current debates in our society.
Director Jan Friedrich returns to the Schauburg after "Spring Awakening" and "The Metamorphosis" and with this production asks the question of "how" in the current mindfulness debate. Which discourses do people have and which should they have? And how does art relate to all this? What is allowed on the theater stage, what should, what must and what must not?
The premiere will take place on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 7:00 pm in the Großen Burg.
