In the organizer's words:

Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare

About the play

When Romeo and Juliet meet, they are two normal teenagers to whom something very special happens: at first sight, they are madly (!) in love with each other! But they belong to two feuding families who are plaguing Verona with their bloody feud of hatred and violence. Every joke is a provocation, every meeting - war! Neither the Prince's threats of draconian punishments for perpetrators of violence nor the Father's appeasement - the voices of reason and peaceableness fall on deaf ears with the two gangs. A reconciliation between the Capulets and Montagues - impossible! Their feelings for each other come as a shock to the two lovers when they realize the chasm of traditional enmity that lies between them, but their hearts and bodies strive inexorably towards each other - a secret marriage seals their love. But will it also end the history of old family hatred?
Romeo and Juliet's union is explosive and will claim victims - ultimately the two of them!
Choreographed fights authentically reflect the aggressively charged atmosphere. Sound artist Daniel Mandolini (beatboxer "Mando") accentuates the linguistic power of Shakespeare's drama of this fatal love with dynamics and sound.

The new production of "Romeo and Juliet" (2001 directed by Rainer Iwersen and 2013 directed by Nora Somaini) was created by actor and director Michael Meyer. An evening of theater that goes straight to the heart, especially for young viewers.

Daniel Mandolini
Daniel Mandolini, better known as beatboxer "Mando", works practically only with microphone and voice, although "voice" is hardly the right word. He produces sounds with his mouth, which can be used in technical amplification and distortion for a variety of acoustic and atmospheric background music. These include very poetic sounds reminiscent of the sounds of nature such as wind (whispering breeze to howling storm), raindrops to cloudbursts with rolling thunder, but also the flapping of birds' wings and various noises such as nightingales or insects. These sounds can be used to suggest a day or night scene, for example. Secondly, acoustic background music can also be used abstractly to reinforce an arc of suspense in the plot. The aggressiveness and dynamics of the plot can be enormously enhanced with "Mandos" sounds.

Cast

Translation: Rainer Iwersen
Text/director: Michael Meyer
Stage/costumes: Heike Neugebauer, Rike Schimitschek
Music: Mando Beatbox (Daniel Mandolini)
Assistant director: Lina Roeseler

With: Simon Elias, Tim Lee, Norhild Reinicke, Petra-Janina Schultz, Markus Seuß, Magdalena Julia Simmel.

Price information:

normal: 27 € reduced: 15 € Free admission for students of the University, HS and HfK Bremen and HKS Ottersberg