
Ode
by Thomas Melle
What can art do, what limitations does it come up against, what taboos does it face? What should and must art do? Who speaks for whom? Who understands whom? And what is a work of art anyway? Like pinballs in an arcade machine, different attitudes collide in Thomas Melle’s commissioned work for the Deutsches Theater Berlin. It is disturbing, funny and dazzling. And in the midst of the actors Fratzer, Orlando and Präzisa stands a dam: in possession of unambiguity and truth, and the willingness to enforce both. Ode paints a dystopian picture of an ultra-nervous, overwrought society in a permanently delirious state.
Specially commissioned by the Deutsches Theater Berlin
Nominated for Stücke 2020 of the Mülheimer Theatertage Festival
Specially commissioned by the Deutsches Theater Berlin
Nominated for Stücke 2020 of the Mülheimer Theatertage Festival
Director Lilja Rupprecht
Stage Design Anne Ehrlich
Costumes Christina Schmitt
Music Philipp Rohmer
Video Moritz Grewenig
Choreography Jana Rath
Lighting Kristina Jedelsky
Dramaturgy Juliane Koepp
World Premiere
20 December 2019
Kammerspiele
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
20 December 2019
Kammerspiele
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes
Katrin WichmannFratzer

Manuel HarderOrlando

Alexander KhuonPräzisa

Natali SeeligPräzisa

Juliana GötzeDie Wehr

Jonas SippelDie Wehr

EnsembleDie Wehr
Philipp RohmerLive Music

Fratzer
Orlando
Präzisa
Die Wehr
Live Music