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under w@ter

Thursday, 17. May, 19:30 Uhr

by Andréanne Joubert and Jean-François Guilbault
Directed by: Marieke Werner
Scenery, costumes & videography: Friederike Külpmann
Music / composition: Asita Tamme
Dramaturgy: Vera Ring
Theatre education: Esther Aust, Marguerite Windblut
Featuring: Alexey Ekimov, Henriette Hölzel, Aless Wiesemann
Translated by Frank Weigand as commissioned by Saarländischer Rundfunk Performing rights: Felix Bloch Erben Verlag, Berlin

Duration: 90 minutes, ages 14 and up
venue: Comedia Theater, grüner Saal
Vondlestraße 4 - 8

Louis can `t believe his luck: By pure coincidence, he gains access to his school `s intranet. All at once, anything seems possible: changing marks, perusing the answer sheet to every test. In an online forum, he reinvents himself as a heroic persona, calls himself Narcissus and rallies a following of classmates behind him. Soon, however, Louis` virtual second life begins to get increasingly out of control.
"Unter W@sser" ("Under W@ter") was awarded the Prix Louise Lahaye for the best youth play from Québec in 2014 and was nominated for the Deutscher Hörspielpreis der ARD in 2016. L

"In her production, Marieke Werner points out (...) that the issues faced by young people in our hi-tech world have hardly changed: the search for who they really are, the pursuit of love and recognition. (...) A gripping play - for more than just teens."
02.10.2017 WAZ/NRZ

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