Wilhelm Tell

Wilhelm Tell

Adapted from Friedrich Schiller
Staging: Milo Rau

Premiere: 23 April 2022, Pfauen
1h 45min

The world’s streets are crowded with them: protestors, feminists, Trumpists, scientists, anti-vaxxers, critics of capitalism – people waving guns, banners or masks who are united by a single but not common goal: defending their freedoms. Never before have so many people publicly demanded their right to self-determination at the same time. And never before have they taken up such a range of positions. Which “freedom” are we actually talking about here?
    
Time to consult a so-called “freedom fighter”. In preparation for the production, Swiss director Milo Rau follows in the footsteps of William Tell as he invites on a road trip through the country, bringing together actors, laypeople, gentle humanists and free radicals under one banner. “We have to break free!” is the simultaneously utopian and provocative call of this ragtag group. Break free from what? In exchange for what?

 

«The performance is extremely dense, sometimes banal, often grandiose. Above all, however, the true stories of real people, which ultimately include the actors, depict exactly what the exile ensemble was aiming for in 1939: comprehensive humanity.» (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23.04.2022)

«The most impressive performance of the evening. When former forced labourer Irma Frei tells her story of fate, it becomes so quiet in the theatre hall that you would hear a pin drop to the floor.» (Blick, 24.04.2022)

«Milo Rau has reached right into Helvetic realities - from that of the hunter to that of the hunted - and whirled them seemingly at random into the myth. The result was a flaky but genuine theatre for the city.» (Tages-Anzeiger, 4.23.2022)

«Milo Rau's highlight turns out to be that Tell can be played by anyone.» (NZZ, 24.04.2022)

«Masterly» (RTS, 27.04.2022)

 

Audio guide
Introduction: Bendix Fesefeldt, Dramaturge

© Philip Frowein

© Flavio Karrer

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Maya Alban-Zapata
With
Maja Beckmann
With
Michael Neuenschwander
With
Karin Pfammatter
With
Sebastian Rudolph
With
Emma Lou Herrmann
With
Aleksandar Sascha Dinevski
With
Cyrill Albisser
Performers
Sarah Brunner
Performers
Irma Frei
Performers
Vanessa Gasser
Performers
Oskar Huber
Performers
Cem Kirmizitoprak
Performers
Meret Landolt
Performers
Louisa Maulaz
Performers
Hermon Habtemariam
Performers
Extras
Cristiano Giudici
Stefan Vogel
Staging
Stage and Costume
Anton Lukas
Sound design
Elia Rediger
Video
Moritz von Dungern
Dramaturgy
Audience Development
Silvan Gisler
Theatre Pedagogy
Manuela Runge
Rosa-Lin Meessen
Executive Producers
Associated Producers
Consent Coach
Kasia Szustow
Artistic Collaboration
Rolf Bossart
Laypersons Care
Jasmin Gloor
Anna Schöb
Stage design assistance
Karl Dietrich
Costume design assistance
Naïma Alissa Trabelsi
Valeria Ballek
Production Intern
Rosa-Lin Meessen
Dramaturgy Intern
Ricarda Hillermann
Stage design intern
Vona Bürki
Marlene Metzler
Costume design intern
Carla Schwarb
Inspection
Aleksandar Sascha Dinevski
Surtitle Translation
Corinne Hundleby
Surtitle Riders
PANTHEA
Soufflage
János Stefan Buchwardt
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