Michiel Devijver
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Milo Rau: Medeas Kinder
Kampnagel - K2
Recommended from the age of 16. Possible triggers: fog, depiction of a suicide attempt and depiction of gruesome and bloody murder scenes of children and by children
With MEDEAS KINDER, director and head of the Wiener Festwochen, Milo Rau, dares to take a new look at the role of children in semi-documentary theatre. The starting point is a real criminal case: after a separation, a desperate mother decides to kill her children and take her own life - but she survives. Rau interweaves this modern tragedy with the classic Medea saga, the best-known case of relationship conflict and infanticide in Western literature. MEDEAS KINDER illuminates the tragic conflicts of the adult world from the perspective ...
With MEDEAS KINDER, director and head of the Wiener Festwochen, Milo Rau, dares to take a new look at the role of children in semi-documentary theatre. The starting point is a real criminal case: after a separation, a desperate mother decides to kill her children and take her own life - but she survives. Rau interweaves this modern tragedy with the classic Medea saga, the best-known case of relationship conflict and infanticide in Western literature. MEDEAS KINDER illuminates the tragic conflicts of the adult world from the perspective of children - a short history of theatre and a school of life that is as cruel as it is poetic.
Apr
Event location
Kampnagel - K2 Jarrestraße 20 22303 Hamburg [ Winterhude ] www.kampnagel.de Event location 
