by Felix Krakau
Does humanity never learn from its history? From its mistakes, from the cycle of violence and catastrophe? At least, that is how it seems to the two messengers, who are condemned to recount to us the origins and history of the city of Mycenae.
Following the disputes amongst the founding fathers, the ruling house brings down a curse from the gods upon itself, leading to a succession of atrocities in the struggle for the crown. When and how can this be stopped, the city of Mycenae eventually asks itself. What must be done to live together peacefully, justly and cooperatively?
The author Felix Krakau (born in 1990, a visiting student on the Dramatic Writing course at the Berlin University of the Arts) recounts ancient mythology in a laconic and fast-paced manner as a tale of fate and chance, power and powerlessness, decline and new beginnings – thereby drawing us into our immediate present and its conflicts.
- Director: Swaantje Lena Kleff
- Set design: Shirin Javdani (Scenography programme)
- Artistic collaboration on set design: An Klepel and Carla Ziegenbalg (Set Design programme)
- Costumes: Luisa Merz and Ava Mirshahvalad (Costume Design course)
- Musical direction and composition: Pascal Jarchow (Jazz Institut Berlin)
- Dramaturgy: Marion Hirte
- Lighting: Miriam Damm
- Assistant Director: Kamelia Tavitian
Cast:
Kamil Saad Ahmad, Karl-Ishan Barta, Feryal Djavadi, Mia Dräger, Dilan Graf, Anna Kasten, Laila Krüger, Jinwoo Lee, Jenny Ngamou, Kilian Struck
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Dates
December 2026
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