MEDIATHEK

Our Frankenstein production - unlike film adaptations - goes back to the roots of the original novel, but uses a new contemporary 'post dramatical' text, with quotations of other philosophical works, jokes, wikipedia, the Bible, songs etc. It uses different performative styles in search of all possible points of views of the problems offered by the original story. Frankenstein's creature finds himself in a post-modern world, with our post-modern problems, confronted with the new function of the family, the common problems of finding our own ways of living - in a world where we - other human beings - are also suffering from the loss of a 'centre' and meaning in our lives. 

A live band on stage (violin, cello, effected bass and drum set) plays music in an eclectic yet easy to recognize style, affects and creates atmospheres breathing strongly together with the acts and motions. Actors speak in microphones in the most intimate scenes. In spite of the use of Brecht's 'V-effects' the audience are able to go with the characters in their passionate story, although these effects give them the possibilities every time to stop and think about the happenings. That's why our performance was called in one of the reviews: "a passionate philosophy lecture".