Räuber von Schiller

In the organizer's words:

after Friedrich Schiller / by and with: Nicolas Sidiropulos, Mark Tumba

Friedrich Schiller published his first play "The Robbers" anonymously as a reader's drama in 1781 because he was afraid of being arrested. The premiere the following year led to one of the biggest scandals in theater history. A contemporary witness reported: "The theater resembled a madhouse, rolling eyes, clenched fists, hoarse screams in the auditorium. Strangers fell into each other's arms, sobbing." Schiller was threatened with imprisonment and had to flee. But he had become famous overnight. How much explosive power is there in this once explosive material today? How has our world changed since The Robbers was written? Does the material need to be reworked, contextualized, or should we simply disregard the historical context of the play? What changes when the surname "von Moor" becomes "von Deutschland"? Can a character like Amalia still be played today and, if so, by two men? Nicolas Sidiropulos and Mark Tumba examine Schiller's first work from a post-migrant perspective in an energetic double performance.