Mario and the Magician

Description

"You do what you want. Or have you ever not done what you wanted? Or even done what you didn't want? What you didn't want?" A strange holiday. A strange magician. Mario & the Magician tells of the power-hungry Cipolla, who captivates the audience of his puppet show through sharp wit, astonishing hypnosis skills, and a strangely fascinating aura, leading to macabre experiments until the dangerous game ends bitterly. Set in fascist Italy of the 1930s, in an atmosphere marked by mistrust and intolerance of everything foreign, the novella by Nobel laureate Thomas Mann is a parable about the manipulability of humans in general. The stage adaptation of Bühne Cipolla combines poetic words with puppet play and live cello music for a theater evening of a special kind. Participants and additional information: Puppet play Sebastian Kautz Cello Gero John Script / Direction Sebastian Kautz Composition / Sound design Gero John Stage design Sebastian Kautz Melanie Kuhl Puppet construction / Costumes Melanie Kuhl Mask making Sebastian Kautz Lighting design Frank Barufke Harry Großmann Sebastian Kautz