Romeo & Juliet
Revival premiere: 11. August 2022, 19:30
by William Shakespeare
The Globe Ensemble Berlin brings Shakespeare's most frequently performed tragedy to the stage in the best folk theater tradition: the most famous love story is told through richness of language and live music, with masquerade and fight scenes and in its own translation that is both fresh and poetic. A young love full of passion and fire meets old hatred of two rival families. The themes of young love, old hatred, rivalry, passion, fear of loss, power and powerlessness, willingness to take risks, civil courage and ultimately the question of the meaning of human existence in the face of death run through a web of unfortunate coincidences. Only in the death of the two lovers does the hatred, which has almost become a tradition, come to an end and Romeo & Juliet become martyrs in a senseless war.
| Featuring: | |
| Emma, Gregor, Chor | ASTRID KÖHLER |
| Mercutio, Balthasar, Apotheker, Chor | BENJAMIN KRÜGER |
| Julia, Samson, Chor | JANNINA KROSCHEL |
| Romeo, Abraham, Chor | JANNIK RODENWALDT |
| Benvolio, Paris, Chor | NIKOLAAS VON SCHRADER |
| Tybalt, Piero, Chor | PHILIPP MYK |
| Lorenzo, Lord Montague, Chor | CHRISTIAN LEONARD |
| Lady Capulet, Chor | WIEBKE ACTON |
| Director, translation, play version: | CHRISTIAN LEONARD |
| Dramaturgy, assistant director, choirs: | JOSEPHINE TIETZE |
| Music: | BERND MEDEK |
| Costumes: | PETRA WILKE |
| Stage design: | THOMAS LORENZ-HERTING |
| Assistance stage design, mask building: | KATHARINA PIRIWE |
| Choreography: | GABRIELA DUMITRESCU |
| Fight scenes: | LUKAS BENJAMIN ENGEL |
| Make up: | JOSEPHINE MÜLLER | KATHARINA BUCCARELLO |
Pressestimmen
"… und zeigt dabei, wie er (Christian Leonard) Theater versteht: volksnah, kulissenarm und fantasiereich. (…) Gleichwohl ist die Inszenierung im besten Sinne altmodisch, kein Regietheater, sondern ein der Story verpflichtetes sinnliches Spektakel. (…) Shakespeare zeigt sich also erneut hochaktuell."
Friedhelm Teicke, zitty Magazin am 18.6.2019
"Es zeigt sich eine schnörkellose Leonard-Inszenierung. Die acht Ensemble-Mitglieder stürzen sich auf fast leerer Bühne ins pralle Volkstheater, es gibt Musik auf Akustikgitarren und Harfen, pointierte Wortspiele, stark choreographierte Stock- und Schwertkampfszenen, für die sich die Schauspielschule mal gelohnt hat."
Patrick Wildermann, Der Tagesspiegel am 3.6.2019
"As the titular couple, Maximilian Wrede and Nadja Schimonsky head up a talented and energetic cast. (…) this production punches considerably above its weight, putting other productions of Shakespeare’s classics at larger, better-funded theatres to shame. (…) this production certainly whips up an appetite for more."
Paul Sharratt, ExBerliner on September 10, 2019
