Wer immer hofft, stirbt singend

Repair of a revue
Based on stories and motifs by Alexander Kluge

 Schauspielhaus

 World premiere

 Premiere: 2.4.2022

 1 hour 50 minutes

 Thu-Sat: 15-45€, Sun-Wed: 10-40€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€

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 Schauspielhaus

 World premiere

 Premiere: 2.4.2022

 1 hour 50 minutes

 Thu-Sat: 15-45€, Sun-Wed: 10-40€, under 30 years each seat category: 10€

One hundred percent fun with an intrepid circus show — An evening about basic trust and the possibility of art against all odds!

“Can you find anything without hope?” Alexander Kluge’s stories consistently relate how obstinacy and a sense of basic trust spur people on to a never-ending search for happiness. “Utopia is getting better and better while we wait for it,” writes the author, filmmaker and TV creator, who has always given spoken theatre a wide berth: “My texts and films are anti-dramatic” – even when they centre on “artistes in the Big Top”, an “embezzled front theatre” or light entertainment genres such as operetta and musical revues. Now, at the Kammerspiele, a small group of happiness-seekers, bomb-disposal experts, masters of repair and other one-trick ponies take on the challenge of Alexander Kluge’s exuberant work, perhaps in an imaginary circus ring, or perhaps just among the remains from last night’s show. “He Who Hopes, Dies Singing” – in peril and dire need, a loving “fight with hopeless material” begins a series of learning processes, an experimental arrangement – not least for the theatre – which, during the coming months, will be complemented by readings and discussions. What can be defined as a “rehearsal” in the face of a constantly growing mountain of material and what a “premiere”? And isn’t every effort to repair something actually a first attempt?

Photo: Maurice Korbel

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In cooperation with

With Sebastian Brandes, Johanna Eiworth, Dennis Fell-Hernandez, Jan-Christoph Gockel, Julia Gräfner, Frangiskos Kakoulakis, Johanna Kappauf, Fabian Moraw, Michael Pietsch
Im Video Bernardo Arias Porras, Hannelore Hoger, Alexander Kluge
Directed by Jan-Christoph Gockel
Concept Jan-Christoph Gockel, Claus Philipp
Stage Julia Kurzweg
Costumes Sophie du Vinage
Music/Audio Play Matthias Grübel
Lighting Christian Schweig
Video Lion Bischof
Puppet Making Michael Pietsch
Live Drawings Fabian Moraw
Dramaturge Viola Hasselberg, Claus Philipp
Theaterpädagogik Franziska Wagner
Künstlerische und strukturelle Beratung Nele Jahnke
Stage Design Assistant Marlene Pieroth

Assistant to the Director Noémi Ola Berkowitz
Stage Design Assistant Ji Hyung Nam
Assistant Costumes Mirjam Pleines
Directing Intern Valentin Schacherl
Stage & Costume Design Intern Helena Kopetz
Stage Manager Julia Edelmann
Prompter Sandra Petermann
Artistic Production Management Victoria Fischer
Technical Production Management Richard Illmer, Jonas Pim Simon
Stage Master Felix Weindl
Stage Machinery Susanne Haslinger, Michael Preusser
Lighting Felix Adams, Diana Dorn, Parthasarathi Sampath Kumar, Wolfgang Wiefarn
Video Ikenna David Okegwo, Thomas Zengerle
Sound Paolo Mariangeli, Korbinian Wegler, Katharina Widmaier-Zorn
Make-Up Sofie Reindl-Grüger, Raimund Richar-Vetter, Steffen Roßmanith
Costumes Bernd Canavan, Petra Dziak, Iroha Kaneshiro, Teresa Winkelmann
Props Dagmar Nachtmann, Heidemarie Sänger, Wolfgang Staudinger
Carpentry Stefan Klodt-Bussmann, Hannes Zippert
Metalworker Jürgen Goudenhooft, Stephan Weber, Friedrich Würzhuber
Decoration Gundula Gerngroß, Tobias Herzog
Scenic Painting Evi Eschenbach, Oliver Freitag, Jeanette Raue, Ingrid Weindl
Stage Sculpture Maximilian Biek
Live-Kamera Nadja Mild