Schauspielhaus Graz
Elfriede Jelinek
Sonne/Luft
(Sun/Air)
Theater
Photo: Schauspielhaus Graz
The sun speaks. Its snotty way of telling us humans off reveals that it has long ceased to be merely adorable. The air also has its say. In many voices, it argues about its changeability, its limits, and transience itself.
Through permanent changes of perspective and her customary linguistic escapades, Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek once again turns our usual assumptions upside down. Yes, humanity has long threatened nature, but the appearance of the “goddesses” also makes us feel the power that nature possesses.
Director Emre Akal and the duo Mehmet & Kazim, whose visual art is influenced by hip hop and graffiti, create virtual worlds with a radically colorful and innovative aesthetic. Here, people try to preserve what slips through their fingers: the pristine environment, the purely human, the real encounter. What happens when nature as we know it exists only as a digital memory? And where will we find ourselves then?
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ’23
Education offer
Following the performance on 14.10.
Eat and Greet
With the directorial team and cast of Sonne/Luft
In German
Free participation with performance ticket
Registration: education [at] steirischerherbst.at
Limited capacity
13.10., 14.10., 19:30
Schauspielhaus Graz
Hofgasse 11
8010 Graz ♿
8.50–73 euros
Ticketzentrum
Kaiser-Josef-Platz 10, 8010 Graz
+43 316 8000
tickets@ticketzentrum.at
Austrian premiere
In German, with English surtitles on 14.10.
Director: Emre Akal
Stage and video: Mehmet & Kazim
Costumes and stage assistance: Lara Roßwag
Music: Enik
Dramaturgy: Anna-Sophia Güther
With: Luiza Monteiro, Anna Rausch, Anke Stedingk, Tim Breyvogel, Thomas Kramer, Sebastian Schindegger, Mervan Ürkmez
A cooperation in the context of steirischer herbst ’23
Education offer
Following the performance on 14.10.
Eat and Greet
With the directorial team and cast of Sonne/Luft
In German
Free participation with performance ticket
Registration: education [at] steirischerherbst.at
Limited capacity