Der Keim

In the organizer's words:

SCHAUSPIEL

Small house

German language premiere
based on the novel by Tarjei Vesaas
translated from the Norwegian by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel
Version by Ruth Mensah and Sonja Szillinsky
Director: Ruth Mensah

It is fall. On a Norwegian island, the small community allows itself a little rest after the harvest - but there is something in the air. First the pigs go berserk, then "a stranger" enters the island and by the end of the day two people are dead. The community gathers in a large barn to come to terms with what has happened and to face up to their guilt.

Tarjei Vesaas is one of the most important Norwegian writers of the 20th century. His most famous novels include "The Birds" and "The Ice Castle", for which he was awarded the Nordic Council Prize in 1964. In 1940, the year Norway was occupied by the National Socialists, he wrote "The Germ": a dark portrait of a closed society confronted with its inner abysses. In her first production in Bremen, director Ruth Mensah asks what happens when agreements are broken - and how societies deal with guilt and grief.