Duration 1 Hours 45 min., no interval
World premiere 21.9.25, Thalia Theater
Content Notes
Depiction of femicide (witch burning); discussion of environmental disasters and related deaths, sexism, sexualised, digital and psychological violence against women (including slut shaming, body shaming), femicide, racism, ableism; loud music at times.
They had long dreamed of it as a family: the move from their Hamburg city apartment to the expanse of the Marschlande should be the beginning of a new phase in their lives. But while Philipp thrives in their new routine, Britta feels increasingly isolated – lost in the stillness, cut off from herself. Then she comes across the name Abelke Bleken. Almost 500 years separate her from the woman who rebelled against the storm tides as well as against the resentment of village society – and came under fatal suspicion. As Britta traces her footsteps, past and present intertwine to form a web of dependence and freedom, defamation and resistance. What happens when an ancient story intrudes on your own life? And how much of Abelke is there in Britta herself?
- Britta Stoever
- Abelke Bleken
- Das Land/Judith
- Leneke Reymers/Aneke Wenten
- Philipp Stoever/Henneke Schwormstedt/Johann Huge
- Derek Kleater/Hilken Gladiator/Wilhad Hartken
- Geseke Schwormstedt/Ruth Grotjohann
- Pastor Samuel/Peter Wenten
- Mascha Stoever, Tochter von Britta und Philipp
- Edda Maack
- Ida Porath
- Regie
- Bühne
- Kostüme
- Musik
- Licht-Design
- Paulus Vogt
- Video
- Dramaturgie
Dates
Further dates are being planned.