Dressing Wit Bow Ties

It's today ... Premiere of "Spring Awakening"

sex - either way a problem

State Theatre: In "Spring Awakening" to play young and old lay together

Frank Wedekind's "Spring Awakening" reflects the sexual morals of the Empire. In the samples at the State Theatre was amazing out about today. Now is Premiere.

Saarbrücken. Fire Station final sprint at the rehearsals for "Spring Awakening" in the elderly. In pastel long, swinging stride of five young women's clothes, contrary to rap rhythms the audience. Even the bold-brash Stakseln as master models in fashion shows as well, wants to be practiced. Director Jörg Wesemüller sends the five therefore always returns to the starting position. On the sides of the other players sit on rows of chairs and watch. Left the young from the youth club U21 of the Saarland State Theatre, the right is "The rime" over 65 years. Ready, down on each keyword to solve out of their seats and to intervene in the scene. Soon, mixing young and old, to share roles, commenting on the action.

Frank Wedekind's "tragedy of children" about the repressive sexual morality and education in the Empire as a multi-generation project - how it works, explains the director and head of the project: "We have first long ü ; via the spoken text and found that the older the repressive sexual mores have undergone even so, while for boys, the pressure to the contrary has returned. " hot

should be: Today, one must have an adult on the phone to be "in". Therefore, you stay in the action relatively to the original, but show how the experience of current and older generation clash. "We have the discussions that occurred in the reading of the text, to incorporate," says Wesemüller. Also interesting to note was what had remained the same. "The inability of the families to speak openly about such conflicts or even dealing with violence."

For the Saarland State Theatre was the generations-spanning project is an experiment. It has brought together 19 young and 13 elderly for the first time to jointly develop several intensive weekends in the spring of a play. "For two generations, this exchange was a very valuable experience," says Mueller beings. Whether it will continue is still open. SBU

performances: Today, May 22 (premiere), 23 and 28 May, 19.30 Clock, Old Fire Station, tickets: (0681) 2092-486.