Theater is Dead. Long Live
Port Fiction (2023)
More-Than-Human
Die Choreographie der
Ears to see (2022)
Die Anziehungskraft der
African Terminal (2017-19)
New Measuring Rites (2018)
Savoy (2017)
Barricades and Dances (2015)
P019
The family meets at the house by the lake. Mother and son, both in the arts, bring their lovers with them. Love sizzles like the summer heat, young Kostya’s new play flops, his mother Arkadina makes fun of it. Chekhov’s The Seagull tells of the desire for freedom, the longing for artistic recognition and an insatiable hunger for life. Young people compete against old, theatre reformers against the establishment.
In his first take on Chekhov, Christopher Rüping approaches the material with actors from his own generation, asking: How do we look at our own life stories when the turbulent years are behind us, but we have not yet grown old, rich or famous? What separates and unites people in midlife?
With: Ann Ayano / Maja Beckmann / Moses Leo / Benjamin Lillie / Wiebke Mollenhauer / Lena Schwarz / Steven Sowah
Direction: Christopher Rüping / Stage: Jonathan Mertz / Costumes: Tutia Schaad / Light: Gerhard Patzelt / Dramaturgy: Moritz Frischkorn
Premiere at Schauspielhaus Zurich on Dec 22, 2023 / funded by Zürcher Kantonalbank & Else v. Sick Stiftung / in collaboration with LAS Art Foundation / invited to the Swiss Theatertreffen 2023