Die Alkestiade

Ancient Greece, long before its heyday. People recognize their destiny in myths and oracles, symbols and prophecies. The young princess Alkestis refuses to accept the prospect of a predictable life as a wife and mother. But then the noble Admetus manages to pass an impossible test and win her as his wife in a contest. A god must have helped him. Is there a higher will behind the marriage? Three lowly shepherds appear on the day of the wedding. One of them is the god Apollo in human form. But no one can find out which one.

Along their archaic story of rebellion and sacrifice, submission and revenge, THE ALKESTIADE poses eternally young questions of a struggling, meaning-seeking humanity.

Director: Steven Gentzen
Dramaturgy / Co-director: Christian Alexander Herschmann
Technology: Jaclyn Schönberg
Artistic supervision TIK: Pierre Beng

Alkestis / Lachesis: Maria Luisa Leypold
Admetos / Bodyguard: Kriss Rudolph
Apollo / Shepherd: Elias Wolff
Night watchman / Cheriander / Klotho: Sola Ebert
Teiresias / Agis: Marcel Kaschig
Aglaia / Atropos: Lydia Steer
Heracles / Shepherd / Bodyguard: Johannes Leichtmann
Death / Boy / Bodyguard: Jannik Fuchs
Epimenes / Shepherd: Konstantin Friedemann Daeges