Theater Der Jungen Welt. Leipzig. 2025.
photo by Lukas Diller
“A piece of glass has lodged itself in Kay’s eye and won’t come out. It clouds his vision and turns the boy’s heart into a lump of ice. Brrrr, the world becomes cold and Kay becomes a jerk. Yuck, roses! Yuck, nice people! Kay even becomes terribly mean to his dearest friend Gerda. When he sets off one day with his sledge and doesn’t come back, no one mourns him. Except Gerda. She doesn’t give up on her friend and sets off to drive the cold out of his heart.
Andersen’s THE SNOW QUEEN is rich in motifs and intricate narratives. It is a story that deals with the impending loss of friendship and the power of not giving up on each other with great imagination. The Theater Der Jungen Welt takes up the fairy tale with lots of artificial snow and confetti and asks which ice this story can melt in these times.” – www.theaterderjungenwelt.com
Credits:
Direction and adaptation – Benedikt Grubel // Stage and costume design – Sarah Mittenbühler // Music and Sound Design – Johannes Birlinger // Choreography – Sofiia Stasiv // Video – Maren Wiese // Dramaturgy – Justus Rothlaender // Drama Pedagogy – Theresa Kawalek // Performers – Çağla Şahin, David Richter, Martin Klemm, Moritz Carl Winklmayr, Wiebke Jakubicka Yervis