MUTE COMPULSION
Karl Sjölund
What does a student of directing at a theatre academy do when the academy has no money to hire actors for his final production? Theatre without performers? But with light, sound, fog and a few remote-controlled lawnmowers instead? With his team of five, Karl Sjölund chose a radically different way. They present the audience with a production, in which the protagonists on stage agree to follow performing instructions over an ear piece, without rehearsals, without knowing the text, roles or plot. A play that is written for this situation and staged down to the last detail meets an ensemble for whom everything that happens on the stage is completely unknown territory. What happens in this scenario?
Mit / With Schauspieler:innen des Staatsschauspiels Dresden & Gästen / Members of the ensemble of the Staatsschauspiel Dresden & guests
Konzept, Text & Regie / Concept, Text & Direction: Karl Sjölund
Produktion, Besetzung & Licht / Production, Casting & Lighting Design: Maja Lindström
Ton, Software Entwicklung & Live Musik / Sound Design, Software Development & Live Music: Fabian Grytt
Bühne & Maske / Scenography & Make-Up: Greta Weibull
Kostüm & Maske / Costumes & Make-Up: Pia Gyll
Choreografie / Choreography: Lisen Ellard, Karl Sjölund
Übersetzung aus dem Schwedischen ins Deutsche / Translation from Swedish into German: Maike Dörries