1534
1534 is a theatre production by the German theatre and performance collective Showcase Beat Le Mot.
Information
(Objekt ID 15409)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | January 23, 2010 |
| Produced by | Showcase Beat Le Mot |
| Coproducers | Hebbel am Ufer, Donaufestival , WUK, Theater im Pumpenhaus |
| Audience | Adults |
| Keywords | Theatre, Historical play, Post-dramatic theatre, Multimedia, Music |
| Running period | January 23, 2010 |
| Website | SCBLM - about the performances |
About 1534 by Showcase Beat Le Mot the following was written in the program of Black Box Teater:
"The year is 1534. Society is shaken by major shifts and the Christian west is haunted by fear of death. The particular position of the planets at the time leads to collective panic. The Luther Bible, with reproductions of Apocalypse AKA Apocalypse with Pictures (a painting sequence, Sceneweb’s comment) by Dürer, is republished for the sake of letting thousands of illiterates get access to terrifying reading. Masses of people organise spontaneous performances with the apocalypse as a topic.
At the same time the German peasants try to get rid of old laws. They demand collectivism, equal rights and justice. Politically pursued radicals flee from all over Europe to Münster in Westphalia to realise the idea of a free society. They experiment with free love, polygamy, drugs, orgies, mystic rituals and ceremonies until the town is besieged by the troops of Bishop Franz von Waldeck. The revolutionary are executed, hung in iron baskets from the tower of the St. Lamberti church, as a warning to others.
The image of the Middle Ages is often conveyed as dark, filled with dangers, illness, superstition and certain evidence of God’s existence. Showcase Beat le Mot doubts this presentation and wants to bring light into the dark. Not just a few candles, but whole battalions of lamps, illuminating even the darkest corners. Hieronymus Bosch and Lucas Cranach are bathed in neon colours. The peasants overdose on vitamins to such a degree their urine glows. The workers produce gold from the simplest of raw materials, actually, such enormous amounts they can repair their streets with it. God takes to wearing sponsored designer clothes and Satan turns out to be such a bad singer everybody eventually reunites in agreement of having lived in terrible times."
Source: Black Box Teater, blackbox.no, 09.05.2011, http://www.blackbox.no/content/festivalTitlePresentation.php?tid=2073
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Nikola Duric | – Text |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Text |
| Veit Sprenger | – Text |
| Nikola Duric | – Concept/Idea |
| Thorsten Eibeler | – Concept/Idea |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Concept/Idea |
| Veit Sprenger | – Concept/Idea |
| Nikola Duric | – Choreography |
| Thorsten Eibeler | – Choreography |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Choreography |
| Minako Seki | – Choreography |
| Veit Sprenger | – Choreography |
| Thies Mynther | – Music |
| Thorsten Eibeler | – Stage design |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Stage design |
| Veit Sprenger | – Stage design |
| Nikola Duric | – Costume |
| Thorsten Eibeler | – Costume |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Costume |
| Veit Sprenger | – Costume |
| Paul Ratzel | – Sound |
| Ruprecht Lademann | – Light |
| Nikola Duric | – Performer |
| Thorsten Eibeler | – Performer |
| Dariusz Kostyra | – Performer |
| Veit Sprenger | – Performer |
| Olaf Nachtwey | – Production manager |
| Catalina Fernández | – Other (konstruksjon) |
| Manuel Muerte | – Other (tryllekunstner) |
| Christian Wenzel | – Other (konstruksjon) |
| March 5, 2011 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Marstrand) | Show |
| March 4, 2011 – Store scene Black Box Teater (Marstrandgata) (Marstrand) | National premiere, Norway |
| January 23, 2010 | Worldwide premiere |
| Marstrand | March 4, 2011 |
Excerpts from German-language reviews can be found at the website of Showcase Beat Le Mot.