Reineke Fuchs

In the organizer's words:

Frustration over political circumstances

Stage adaptation by Malte Kreutzfeldt

The list of grievances that the wolf, dog, hare and cockerel at King Nobel's court have against Reineke Fuchs is a serious one. They are unanimous: the fox must be brought to justice. Bear and Cat swarm out one after the other to get Reineke out of his foxhole. Both return battered, because Reineke has tricked them and added to his list of misdemeanors. The badger finally manages to bring Reineke to trial. The verdict is quickly reached: the death penalty. Now Reineke really gets going. He tells the king and queen about a great treasure and a conspiracy against the royal couple. The king wants to know more. Reineke seems to be saved and continues to manipulate his fellow animals with insidious deceit and ruthless malice. His unrestrained actions become the obvious secret of his success.

With his verse epic Reineke Fuchs, published in 1794, a variant of the fable of the same name that has been very popular since the Middle Ages, Goethe writes against his frustration with the political circumstances of his time. Anyone looking for similarities with Reineke's "career" in the present day will unfortunately not often find them.


Directed by Dariusch Yazdkhasti
Stage and costumes Julia Hattstein

Trigger warning: There is a trigger warning, which you can read here