Eurydike Deep Down

In the organizer's words:

Eurydice Deep Down - by Michele De Vita Conti and Alessandra Giuriola - based on the myth "Orpheus and Eurydice" - first performance on October 7, 2023 - Schauspielhaus, Unterhaus - Play.

It is the story of a great love and two unequal couples that overcomes death and has captivated people for millennia: Orpheus is considered the greatest singer of ancient Greece. Apollo, god of the fine arts, gave him the lyre. Orpheus is the personification of music itself, perhaps the first pop star in world history. His singing enchants man and beast alike. No one seems his equal, and he knows it. But it is actually a woman who makes Orpheus who he is: the nymph Eurydice, his great love. When the deadly bite of a snake abruptly tears her from life, only one wish keeps him alive: To see Eurydice again and bring her back. And so Orpheus sets out, crosses the River Styx, which separates the upper and lower worlds, and finally comes face to face with Hades - Zeus' brother, who is as vain as he is offended. Ruler of a desolate shadowy realm where time seems to stand still. Hades, who once stole his wife Persephone from the upper world, who never loved like Orpheus and was never loved. And Persephone, who despises Hades, and yet seems inseparable part of his person.

Director Alessandra Giuriola has talked to more than 100 people about love and, together with Italian playwright Michele De Vita Conti, has written a play that links the ancient myth with our present. In the Unterhaus you will accompany Orpheus on his way to the underworld - a spherical theater evening full of psychological abysses and flights of fancy in love. A plea for unconditional love in times that all too often seem to be characterized by emotional distance, political rivalry and social coldness.