FREIGESPROCHEN

An adaptation of the play "Judgment Day" by Ödön v. Horváth

A medium-sized town in the mid-1930s. An apparent normality full of social constraints and hardships. The stationmaster Hudetz is revered. Foreigners and newcomers are boycotted. Then disaster strikes: an express train crashes into a freight train, causing deaths and injuries. Something has gone wrong at the station. Was the signal switched to red in time or not?

Almost nobody is interested in the truth. Anyone who objects is pilloried. Questions of morality and guilt are answered depending on the mood. But the ice is thin.
A murder takes place and the tide turns again.

Horváth's dissecting view is still highly topical:
Because distortions of the truth and "expressions of opinion" are booming again today.

The original text was condensed and shortened for Theater Apropos in collaboration with dramaturge Barbara Altmann. We hope Mr. Horváth will forgive us!

The actors are
Burchard Dabinnus, Thomas Birnstiel, Christian Buse, lana Baum,
Joyce Craft, Tine Hagemann, Javier Kormann, Marie-Sophie Welker, Kerstin Schultes, Monika Zdrazil, live music Shadi Hlal

Concept and direction Burchard Dabinnus
Assistant directors Lilly Kühn, Frederik Itzenplitz
Dramaturgy Barbara Altmann
Stage and costumes Claudia Karpfinger, Katharina Schmidt
Lighting Solveig Perner
Stage manager Gabriele Werbeck
Project management Marie-Sophie Welker
Production management Nora Giersiepen, Lilly Kühn
Production Ariadne e.V. in collaboration with the TamS Theater

Saturday, June 7, 2025
Admission: 7 pm, start: 8 pm

A theater workshop on the play will take place beforehand: 17:00 to 18:30, registration via www.theaterwoche.de or by e-mail to theater-apropos@ariadne-ev.de

Workshop and guest performance take place as part of the Munich Theater Week. More information at www.theater-apropos.de

The event is sponsored by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich. Thank you very much!