„The Judith of Shimoda“
by Bertolt Brecht
based on a play by Yamamoto Yuzo
in collaboration with Hella Wuolijoki
reconstruction of a production by Hans Peter Neureuter
theter ensemble (Augsburg)
Live
>> Cityclub
>> Tickets: Thursday, 24/2, Friday, 25/2, Saturday, 26/2 and Sunday, 27/2/2022
>> each 8.30 p.m.
digital program
>> Saturday, 26/2/2022, 6.30 p.m. recording from City Club: Livestream
>> afterwards available in the media library
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Every story has its own heroes – but what happens to the heroes and heroines after their seemingly glorious and selfless actions? In “The Judith of Shimoda” – based on a play by Yamamoto Yuzo in collaboration with Hella Wuolijoki – Brecht turns to this very question: in the mid-19th century, singer and geisha Okichi succeeds in preventing the shelling of the port city of Shimoda by the USA and in appeasing the American consul. She may only have wanted to save her hometown, but she paid a high price for doing so.
The theter ensemble takes on the reconstructed play version with a Brechtian background story, narrates and discusses the tragic case of the Japanese heroine in Augsburg’s City Club, and raises the issue of social responsibility.
Director:
Iris Schmidt
Camera & Editing:
Felix Nölte
Dramaturgy:
Julia Just
Production Director:
Verena Gawert
Director Assistence:
Franziska Pux
Technical:
Richard Richter
Scenery & Costumes:
Kerstin Thiel
Actors:
Franziska Rosenbaum, Daria Welsch, Luisa Paulin, Ana Stankovic, Baris Kirat