Globe Ensemble Berlin: Phaidon von Platon

The famous text by the philosopher Plato about the last day of Socrates’ life. A captivating philosophical dialogue between two actors about life after death. 

Socrates is to be executed that evening—and philosophizes with his friends. They discuss the validity of the fear of death and what to make of the possibilities of existence even after death. Anselm Lipgens and Uwe Neumann perform with great energy and intensity. No solemn speeches. That wouldn’t be true to the historical Plato either. They play Socrates, his friends, his wife, a slave, and the official who hands Socrates the cup of poison and weeps over it. A battle of ideas. But it is also an evening exploring the humor in Plato. This production is thoroughly accessible, exciting, and entertaining even for non-philosophers. It makes the act of thinking an almost erotic experience.