On an island, the sorcerer Prospero, once driven out by his own brother, rules his small kingdom with an iron hand. No act of violence is too good for the former Duke of Milan to maintain his power over the island's inhabitants. Whether it's the air spirit Ariel, who is held captive, the outcast and oppressed island native Caliban or Prospero's daughter Miranda, who is kept in complete solitude. When he strands one of his adversaries' ships in a storm, he sees that his time for retribution and revenge has come. But where Prospero hopes for the end of a long-standing conspiracy, Miranda sees the chance for a new beginning.
House director Katharina Brankatschk reinterprets the patriarchy with William Shakespeare's magician and focuses on his daughter Miranda. With its own version and additional texts, the production tells of a radical generational change, the breakout from power structures and the rebellion against outdated systems. The Tempest has always been about the end of the magician Prospero - here, the next generation takes this end into their own hands.