KASSANDRA - Revival

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"Some of you may know the Cassandra myth.
For all others, I will tell it briefly:
Cassandra, so I, was given the ability to predict the future by a god, regardless of which one, but since I didn't want to sleep with him, he spat into my mouth and punished me by making no one believe me." Since then, a lot has happened. After centuries of sleepless nights as an eternal seer of all the preceding proxy wars, tsunami waves, and reactor accidents – yet never heard – Cassandra draws a line and steps back from the public eye. Before hanging up her career as a myth, she invites once more: for a small farewell in a large circle, for a farewell concert. Farewell, unbelieving faces, who do not want to believe, cursed by Apollo, unable to believe. Goodbye, audience. That's it. No more Cassandra. But there are still some details to clarify:
Which song do we play first? The one about rampant fascism or the one about military readiness? Why always war, when the last and the one before that and the one before that were already unimaginable? Is it worth shouting warnings from the rooftops or spray slogans on the walls? Or has it never been worth it? Is uncertainty bliss? Who wants to hear their own death date? Do you even want to know when all this ends? And how? If everything keeps recurring, can we just skip the usual and fast-forward straight to the end? The author Paula Kläy, born in Zurich in 1997, writes a text for RambaZamba about Cassandra as a timeless myth in catastrophic times. Recently, Kläy and Rieck, both part of the writing collective DIEZEN, collaborated on Gigantische Einsamkeit (2025) at the Munich Kammerspiele. Actress and singer Hieu Pham and musician, composer, and actor Leo Solter perform regularly as members of the RambaZamba house band 21 downbeat. For KASSANDRA, they are creating a musical happening across all genres.

Highlights

• Revival of the Cassandra myth
• Farewell concert of Cassandra
• Thematization of war and uncertainty

General Information

The event takes place at Theater RambaZamba in Berlin and offers a unique perspective on the Cassandra myth. Cassandra reflects on her ability to predict the future and raises central questions about war and faith.

Location

Schönhauser Allee 36-39, 10435 Berlin, Germany

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