"The Merchant´s Contracts - An Economic Comedy" by Elfriede Jelinek | Nicolas Stemann / Thalia Theater — Theater

Europe’s most talked-about production comes to the Onassis Stegi and takes it over lock, stock and barrel. The work by the Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek savages the Crisis and capitalism; adapted to fit Greece’s current situation, it is staged as an anarchic music theater happening with the talented German director, Nicolas Stemann, directing this four-hour orgy of theater with the requisite manic wisdom.

Parallel Events

After-performance talk with Nicolas Stemann

28 March 2014 | Main Stage

Moderated by:
Katia Arfara, Artistic Director of Theater & Dance at the Onassis Stegi

Masterclass with Nicolas Stemann: Turning "post-dramatic" into drama

Saturday 29 March | 14:00-16:00
Dance Room | 10 €

In his masterclass Nicolas Stemann will give a brief insight in staging non-dramatic texts.

Addressed to:
The class is open for all theater artists, however the focus will be on the work of the theater director.

Language:
English

Reservations:
Tel: 213 017 8002 | Email: education@onassis.org

Credits

Direction
Nicolas Stemann
Set design
Katrin Nottrodt
Costumes
Marysol del Castillo
Dramaturgy
Benjamin von Blomberg
Music
Thomas Kürstner, Sebastian Vogel
Video
Claudia Lehmann
Assistant to the Director
Nora Bussenius
Video Αssistant
Hanna Linn Wiegel
Stage Manager
Corinna Fussbach
Promter
Antje Kreusch
Actors
Therese Dürrenberger, Franziska Hartmann, Ralf Harster, Sebastian Rudolph, Maria Schrader (27 & 28/3) / Alexia Kaltsiki (29/3), Alicia Aumüller, Benjamin von Blomberg, Thomas Kürstner, Sebastian Vogel, Claudia Lehmann, Nicolas Stemann, Daniel Lommatzsch, Jaydon-Paul Reisberg
Production
Thalia Theater, in co-production with Schauspiel Köln Dramatic rights: Rowohlt Theaterverlag, Reinbek
With the support of
Hapag-Lloyd Hamburg
World premiere: 2 October 2009
Thalia Theater (Hamburg)