"The revolution eats its children"

2023-09-15 22:04:32

In anticipation of his own beheading, the titular character in Georg Büchner’s (1813–1837) “Danton’s Death” says that the revolution is eating its children. The 2015 for their “Proletenpassion 2015 ff.” Nestroy-winning Linz director Christine Eder wants to reach out to the world with this classic drama on September 21st at the start of the new season at Linz’s Theater Phönix. In this house at the end of the 1990s, Eder began her career, which has now spread throughout the entire German-speaking world.

“How do we deal with it when the goals of the revolution have been achieved?” asks Eder. “When – as in the case of the French Revolution – the nobility has been abolished, absolutism has been successfully fought, and the system has been shattered?” There are insatiable radicals clashing with those who want to calm the people and return to livable, ideally democratic conditions. Eder: “In many revolutions, the point was overlooked that citizens were seen as enemies of the state and that people were no longer allowed to think out loud – in the course of the October Revolution in Russia as well as in Cuba.”

Your production will not answer anything, but will formulate a plea for the discourse. According to the premise: “I don’t share your opinion, but I am in favor of you being able to express it.”

The newly formed Phönix ensemble with Martin Brunnemann, Mirkan Öncel, Gina Christof, Lukas Weiss, Melanie Sidhu and Karina Pele is supplemented by guests Simon Jaritz-Rudle and Christoph Rothenbuchner. Outfitter Monika Rovan gave the ensemble “white vests” and uniforms that were different in their individuality.

Actor Martin Brunnemann will bring his first directing work to the Phoenix Balcony on October 12th. “Wake me up” is the name of the fairy tale evening for adults brought to life by Gina Christof and ex-Phoenix ensemble player Marius Zernatto. The format, which can also be booked as a mobile production for schools (high school), tells eight Brothers Grimm and Andersen fairy tales – including “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “King Thrushbeard”, “Cinderella” and “The Match Girl” – ” completely different and sometimes without a happy ending,” says Brunnemann, who developed the text together with dramaturg Sigrid Blauensteiner. Role models change, the good is not flawlessly good, the evil is by no means dark black. The truth of the Phoenix is colorful.

Information about the schedule and tickets: www.theater-phoenix.at