The narrative bomb Carmen, by Georges Bizet, ticks away with an unprecedented fatality. On this evening, the modern myth will become collective pain. Their hunger for a better life turns the protagonists into monsters. Their presence, which does not fear death, is brilliant but poor. Obsessively they explore strategies of freedom. Accompanied by the harp, flutes and trumpets they sing and dance out their common destiny: at first one is in love, then one is in love no longer. The greatest lies ahead once love has faded.

BY AND WITH Musiktheaterkollektiv HAUEN•UND•STECHEN DIRECTOR Franziska Kronfoth STAGE DESIGN, COSTUME DESIGN Christina Schmitt DRAMATURGY Maria Buzhor MUSICAL DIRECTOR Roman Lemberg CHOREOGRAPHY Julia Lwowski COMPOSITION Louis Bona VIDEO Martin Mallon PRODUCTION Laura Hörold ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Marie Roth ART DIRECTION Charlotta Hench WITH Valentin Bezencon, Thorbjörn Björnsson, Angela Braun, Gina-Lisa Maiwald, Günter Schanzmann u.a.

A production by Musiktheaterkollektiv HAUEN•UND•STECHEN in coproduction with SOPHIENSÆLE. In cooperation with Athénée Théâtre Louis-Jouvet, Paris. Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund and the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Media partner: taz.die tageszeitung

Photo © Denis Guéville