PERFORMERS: Lilith Maxion, Moritz Ilmer, Hanic Soleimanic
SCENOGRAPHY: Justyna Koeke
MUSIC: Petra Szászi
CHOREOGRAPHY: Domokos Kovács
DRAMATURGY: Gábor Thury, Lukas Michelitsch
TEXT: Ernst Toller
DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Helga Lázár
PREMIERE: 2025, Steirischer Herbst, Graz
A grotesque, virtuosic puppet-theatre adaptation of Ernst Toller’s play, exploring recurring cycles of destruction and reconciliation as a performative spectacle.
“War or peace – which lies closer to human nature? To answer this question, Napoleon and Francis of Assisi send a declaration of war without a sender to the small mountain republic of Dunkelstein. In no time at all, the inhabitants replace the motto 'Never again war!' ‘Never again war!’ with ‘Long live war!’ Ernst Toller’s sharp-witted exile comedy dissects the collapse of pacifist ideals in the face of nationalist warmongering. Helga Lázár stages the rarely performed comedy as a grotesque end-time variety show, a virtuosic puppet theatre caught in the eternal cycle between destruction and reconciliation.”
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