Die Weber

"Respectful, political, yet never one-sidedly connoted, it is therefore controversial and yes, fortunately also the best entertainment." - MDR Kultur

"With full commitment and full volume." - Mitteldeutsche Zeitung

Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes (no intermission)

by Gerhart Hauptmann
Drama studio production

The "weavers" toil under inhumane conditions, live in poverty, struggle with hunger and their wages are barely enough to survive. They are hunched over, exploited and kicked down the road. But one spark - one rebellious song, one death too many, one moment of resistance - is enough to set the whole house on fire in no time at all...

Gerhart Hauptmann's drama about the Silesian weavers' revolts poses timeless questions: How do we want to live and work? For whom? And when work becomes exploitation - whose side are we on?

Seven drama students now question Hauptmann's work and shed light on the challenges and hopes of a society that is struggling for a new understanding of work.