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BE RGE N INTE RN AT I ON AL
FE STIVAL 2019
FR I CT I ON
The
Sandman
m
t
​ offmann’s horror story in a
H
Scandinavian production by theatrical legend
Robert Wilson.
premiere
GRIEGH A LLE N
GRIEG SA L E N
DAT E/ T I M E
Saturday 01 June
at 19:30
Sunday 02 June
at 18:00
What happens to children who won't go to bed?
The wicked Sandman comes and throws sand
into their eyes, so that they start bleeding from
their heads. And what if you never quite could
shake off that nightmare?
Robert Wilson directs The Sandman, a terri-
ble tale from German Romanticism by E.T.A.
2:30
including interval
Hoffman, often considered one of the very first
horror story writers. The music is by British dra-
L AN GUAGE
matic rock singer-songwriter Anna Calvi and
Performed in
German and English, performed by the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
titled in English.
ensemble with the German star singer and actor
Christian Friedel in the lead.
T IC KET
D U RAT IO N
Standard:
250/600/800
Senior:
225/540/720
Under 30: 190
FiB Fordel :
200/480/640
AD D I T I O N A L
IN FO RM ATI O N
Two movie versions
of the Sandman story
will be shown at
FiB x BIFF,
see p. 81..
o
Friedel plays the role of Nathanael, who loses
his father in a mystical explosion. The little
boy is convinced that the tragic event must
be related to the wicked Sandman. Even as an
adult, Nathanael can never let the gruesome
bedtime story go.
The Sandman is filled with enchanted eye glas-
ses, living dolls and magic fire, and said to be
one of Robert Wilson's greatest productions. His
subtle light compositions, precise movements
and bold stage settings blur the line between
reality and delusion in one of the 2019 Festival's
signature productions.
Meet
the Artist
Robert Wilson
By E.T.A. Hoffmann, Robert Wilson
and Anna Calvi
Robert Wilson direction, design, lighting
Anna Calvi music
Jacques Reynaud costume design
Jherek Bischoff musical arrangements
Ann-Christin Rommen co-direction
Annick Lavallée-Benny co-set design
Alexander Djurkov-Hotter assistant
costume design
Scott Bolman co-lighting design
Manu Halligan make up-design
Tomasz Jeziorski video
Janine Ortiz dramaturgy
Christian Friedel, Lou Strenger,
Jonas Friedrich Leonhardi, Rainer Philippi,
Rosa Enskat, Andreas Grothgar, Konstantin
Lindhorst, Yi-An Chen, Alexej Lochmann,
André Kaczmarczyk cast
Zuzana Leharová violin, keyboard
Radek Stawarz viola
Nathan Bontrager cello
Bernd Keul bass
Annette Maye clarinet, bass clarinet
Achim Fink tuba, trombone
Roger Schaffrath guitar, mandolin
Tim Dudek drums, electronic
Frank Schulte sound design
Produced by Unlimited Performing
Arts, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus and
Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen
Supported by H. Westfal-Larsen og
Hustru Anna Westfal-Larsens
Almennyttige Fond
See p. 97.
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