Jessica Matzig/Peter Paul Beck: Heilig Abend

Description

In a time of increasing social tensions and declining trust in government institutions, Heilig Abend makes an artistic statement for dialogue, reflection, and civil courage. It is Christmas Eve. Judith, a philosophy professor, is arrested on her way to her parents. The accusation: She is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack with her ex-husband at midnight. What follows is not an ordinary interrogation but a 90-minute psychological duel with investigator Thomas, who seems to know everything about her: her work, her thoughts, her emails. Language becomes a weapon. Arguments for defense. The audience witnesses a moral experiment. How far can the state go to ensure security? How far can a person go to stay true to their beliefs? The play explores a tension that could hardly be more current — freedom and control, truth and manipulation, individual conviction and state power. It condenses on a small scale what happens in society on a large scale: the erosion of dialogue, the mixing of opinion and guilt, growing distrust in institutions. An invitation to resume the conversation — about questions that are no longer abstract. Heilig Abend is chamber theater in its most concentrated form: two people, one room, no escape — for the characters and the audience.

Highlights

• Psychological duel between a professor and an investigator
• Addresses freedom, control, and societal mistrust
• Performance at Kleintheater Schlösslekeller

General Information

The play "Heilig Abend" by Jessica Matzig and Peter Paul Beck addresses current social tensions and the relationship between the individual and the state. In an intense chamber play, the story of a philosophy professor who is arrested on Christmas Eve and must face a psychological interrogation is told.

Location

Schwefelstrasse 14, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein

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