1864 DIARY OF A DISASTER
Dagbog about a catastrophe
By Gabriele Schelle
premiere
In German with Danish subtitles
Uraufführung: 13.08.2014 Schloss Sonderburg/DK
Deutschland Premiere: 22.08.2014 Museumsinsel Schloss Gottorf
Präsentation Pressekonferenz Berlin: 04.09.2014 Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesvertretung Berlin
Schloss Sonderburg und Schloss Gottorf stehen in direktem Bezug zum deutsch-dänischen Krieg: an diesen Orten wollen wir dem Zuschauer einen Einblick in die Zeit von 1864 geben und zugleich den Raum für moderne Gedankenansätze öffnen. Mit Blick auf die Figuren der alten Zeit stellen wir unsere heutigen Fragen und versuchen eine Annäherung an die Gefühle, die der Krieg im Menschen auslöst. Eine Reise nicht nur auf das Schlachtfeld von Düppel, sondern auch in unser eigenes Unterbewusstsein. Ein Schauspielensemble probt ein Stück zum deutsch-dänischen Krieg von 1864. Während der Proben kommen Fragen zum Inhalt, zu den Figuren und den politischen Zusammenhängen auf.
Text/Regie: Gabriele Schelle Dramaturgie: Elisabeth Moll Idee: Christian Nisslmüller
Kostüm: Sharon Rohardt Bühnenbild: Christian Nisslmüller Übersetzung: Ralf Marquardt Regieassistenz: Justine Wiechmann Fotos: Stefan Malzkorn Grafik: Janos Szursçik
Mit:
Guido Bayer, Alexander Kruuse-Mettin, Christian Nisslmüller, Roland Peek, Undine Schmiedl
VENUES
PRESS REVIEWS
"The Factoryans are exemplary in their cross-border work. The premiere took place in the Knights' Hall of Sønderburg Castle: opposite the former battlefield. They are currently playing in Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, which was the seat of the Danish army command at the beginning of the war and a military hospital at the end."
"And purism is her style. No fuss with the sets, no superficial illustrations, but distraction-free concentration on the text and the actors' performances."
Jens Fischer, taz
"After four performances in Denmark, the team led by director Gaby Schelle is now visiting the castle island and met a visibly impressed audience at the premiere on Friday. The cleverly arranged sequence of scenes shows a play within a play."
“The game thus switches confidently between past and present, between history and current politics that seem to have learned little from history.”
"Roland Peek, Guido Bayer and Alexander Kruuse-Mettin manage to immerse themselves in their characters in no time at all. Whether they are intellectuals, boasters or ardent patriots - in the end they are all the same in their fear of the inhuman war machine."
Sabine Tholund, Kiel News
Theater. Factory Theater from Kiel performs the piece “Day of the Dead” in Riddersalen at Sonderburg Castle on Wednesday after the disaster.
German translation:
“The two soldiers sit quietly, deeply touched
of their thoughts about death, deprivation and war.”
" [...] four actors and a director rehearsing a play about the war of 1864. They do so with humor and deep seriousness, bordering on profound tragedy. Can a play about the war of 1864 be funny? Yes, it can, if the rehearsal itself is funny. The strange, thoughtful director creates funny situations for the actors [...]"
"But more importantly, the play tries to tell the story from the point of view of the Danish and German soldiers. At its core: the Prussian and the Dane, both outposts, who meet several times and each time tell each other stories, talk about things like food, seek comfort from each other, all ending on April 18th [...]"
“The audience responded with long-lasting applause.”
By Katrine Lund Walsted, Jutlandic West Coast
