Riesenhaft in Mittelerde™
© Philip Frowein
After The Lord of the Rings™ by J.R.R. Tolkien
An accessible installation of Theater HORA, Das Helmi Puppentheater and Schauspielhaus Zürich
Based on an initial idea by the HORA Ensemble and Stephan Stock
Staging: Nicolas Stemann, Stephan Stock, Florian Loycke & Der Cora Frost
- 50% Community
- 50% Waldeinsamkeit
- 100% Hero’s Journey
*** Invited to Theatertreffen 2024 ***
Nature conquers the Schiffbau! Plants and talking trees grow in the Halle and offer a peaceful home to the Hobbits, Elves, Dwarves, Wizards, Humans and Orcs from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings™. But the peace is deceptive: a ring has long been in the world to „rule „them all […] and in the darkness bind them“.
Across all differences, the heroes of Theater HORA, Helmi and the Schauspielhaus Zürich form a community to destroy the ring in the flames of Mount Doom in Mordor. They set out to destroy evil and leave good behind. For no one in this community is simply evil, and no one is simply good. This becomes clear when they meet each other to celebrate feasts with lots of music and fight battles with lots of pathos.
Important notice: This is an accessible production. There will be plenty of seating options, but tickets do not guarantee a fixed seat. We invite you to discover the production by walking along your own paths - and to take a seat every now and then.
- Staging
- Nicolas Stemann / Stephan Stock / Florian Loycke / Der Cora Frost
- Text
- Regieteam / HORA / Helmi / Schauspielhausensemble / Dramaturgie
- Music
- Thomas Kürstner / Sebastian Vogel / Nicolas Stemann / Der Cora Frost / Florian Loycke / Lukas Vögler / Noha Badir
- live camera
- Claudia Lehmann / Konrad Hempel / Johanna Bajohr
- Costume Design
- Sophie Reble / Ensemble
- Stage Design
- Katrin Nottrodt
- Doll making
- Felix Loycke / Florian Loycke / Ensemble
- Choreography
- Gianni Blumer
- Media Staging
- Institut für Experimentelle Angelegenheiten
- Lights
- Michel Güntert
- Dramaturgy
- Bendix Fesefeldt / Regieteam
- Audience Development
- Silvan Gisler / Tali Furrer
- Artistic Mediation T&S
- Manuela Runge / Zora Maag
- Theaterpedagogy Theater HORA
- Svenja Koch / Anna Fierz
- Stage design assistance
- Daniel Unger, Karl Dietrich / Julia Im Obersteg
- Touring & International Relations
- Sonja Hildebrandt
- Production Assistance
- Rosa Stehle / Carlotta Späni
- Costume Design Assistant
- Ruth Wulffen / Anna-Thea Jaeger
- Video assistant
- Johanna Bajohr
- Production intern
- Amelie Zimmermann
- Dramaturgy Intern
- Giorgio Dridi
- Production
- Isabella Wehdanner
- Overall Lead Theater HORA
- Curdin Casutt
- Production Theater Hora
- Jörg Schwahlen
- Inspection
- Eva Willenegger
- Soufflage
- Rita von Horváth
Supported by Migros Kulturporzent
Theater Hora is supported by Stiftung Züriwerk, Förderverein Theater HORA, Ernst Göhner Stiftung und Stiftung SYMPHASIS.
Licenced by Middle-earth Enterprises LLC
- 2h 15min
- Premiere: 22. April 2023, Schiffbau-Halle
- English Surtitles ***** Please note that the surtitle displays can only be read from certain angles in the auditorium.
- 🛈 Introduction 30 min before the play on 5.2.
Image gallery & Videos
© Michelle Ettlin
