HERAKLES after Euripides

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Heracles is a two-part man. Euripides wrote a two-part play for him. It breaks down in the middle and starts over again as does he.
- Anne Carson -
The demigod Heracles is surrounded by myths of supernatural strength, steely muscles, courage and virility.
After twelve glorious labors in which he strangled lions with his bare hands, outwitted monsters and fought battles, Heracles returns to his family in Thebes as a celebrated hero, leaving devastation in his wake. How can the returnee deal with the attributions that have stylized him as a supernatural superhero since childhood? How can he deal with the memories of his own great and terrible deeds?
A play about heroes, memories, ageing and breaking - about what remains after deeds are done and how one can live on.

PERFORMERS Theresa Berlage, Antonia Eleonore Hölzel, Alex Junge, Lisa Karlström and others

IDEA Emilia Bongilaj, Coline Meret Lola Jud, Lucia Wunsch
DIRECTOR Lucia Wunsch STAGE Emilia Bongilaj COSTUME DESIGN Coline Meret Lola Jud DRAMATURGY Marisa Burkhardt MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN Bendrik Grossterlinden PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT/ ASSISTANCE Judith Altenkamp, Melina Kamou

We thank all rehearsal friends, Anja Wöllert, the Kampnagel team and all our supporters!

Language: English with German surtitles

Admission: 12 €, reduced: 9 €, K-card: 6 €
Tickets: 040 270 949 49, www.kampnagel.de

Dates at a glance:
09.02, 20:00
10.02, 20:00
11.02, 19:00

The final works 2024 of the Theaterakademie Hamburg, Hochschule für Music and Drama, in cooperation with Kampnagel Hamburg and Theater Magdeburg are funded by: the Mara & Holger Cassens Foundation, the Dr. Margitta und Dietmar Lambert-Fonds - Stiftungsfonds unter dem Dach der Hamburgischen Kulturstiftung, the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S., the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung and the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius.