Frontex and barbed wire: Europe is sealing itself off. For fear of having to give something away. The borders of andcompany&Co., on the other hand, are open – this international collective of artists from various disciplines is active all over the world, their themes are politically explosive. They often formulate a critique of current abuses by drawing historical references.

“Orpheus in der Oberwelt: Eine Schlepperoper” is about the border river in eastern Europe known in Greek as Evros and in Turkish as Meric. In recent times, countless dead bodies have been washed up on its banks and buried in a “cemetery of illegal immigrants” – metre-high fences and minefields seal off this outer border of Europe. According to Greek mythology, the head of Orpheus once floated here too – Dionysus’s enraged followers had ripped it from his body after he emerged from the underworld.

Now Orpheus returns once more, and becomes an unfortunate human trafficker, for the path to Europe leads to the kingdom of the dead. Inspired by Monteverdi’s 1607 opera “L’Orfeo”, andcompany&Co. not only blend mythology and music, but also documentary material and nameless fates into a new, old story: a myth collides with reality – the torn body of Orpheus encounters the anonymous dead on Europe’s border rampart.

Künstlerische Leitung: Alexander Karschnia
Künstlerische Leitung: Nicola Nord
Künstlerische Leitung: Sascha Sulimma
Autorin / Autor, Text: Alexander Karschnia
Autorin / Autor, Text: Nicola Nord
Bühnenbild, Ausstattung, Raumgestaltung: Jan Brokof
Bühnenbild, Ausstattung, Raumgestaltung: Joao Loureiro
Kostüme: Jan Brokof
Kostüme: Joao Loureiro
Lichtregie: Gregor Knüppel
Tondesign / Sound: Matthias Erb
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Irida Baglanea
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Bora Balci
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Knut Berger
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Georg A. Bochow
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Juliane Hahn
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Alexander Karschnia
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Claudia Splitt
Mitwirkende / Mitwirkender: Komi Mizrajim Togbonou
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: andcompany&Co.

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