Three Sisters
PREMIERE 01/11/2006
Schaubühne Berlin
»Richter’s production is above all accessible, clear, and deftly executed. It is craftsmanship at the height of its time, including the fashionable text-surface montage of the final act—yet never at the expense of comprehensibility.«
»Richter’s production is above all accessible, clear, and deftly executed. It is craftsmanship at the height of its time, including the fashionable text-surface montage of the final act—yet never at the expense of comprehensibility.«
»Richter’s production is above all accessible, clear, and deftly executed. It is craftsmanship at the height of its time, including the fashionable text-surface montage of the final act—yet never at the expense of comprehensibility.«
A house in the woods. One year after the death of their father, Andrey, Olga and Masha are celebrating the birthday of their youngest sister Irina. It is spring. Life, with all its possibilities and promises, seems to lie before them – if only they could finally succeed in escaping their town, which is full of losers and stagnation. They’ve had their share of parties, and now the sisters are beginning to get on in years. The society they live in has run aground on self-defeating attempts at reform, and as a result is stuck in place. Work is lauded as the coming panacea – only there are no jobs to be had.
The sisters want nothing more than to get out of this world, and fight the inner emptiness and fear which imprison them. They each try a certain way to give life meaning: Olga in work, Masha in love, Andrey with his family. Only these strategies bear no solution. After the failure of these life structures – work, marriage and family – it is only Irina who finally succeeds in gaining her freedom. The freedom to go alone.
in a new version by Falk Richter
based on the translation by Ulrike Zemme
Direction // Falk Richter
Stage design // Katrin Hoffmann
Costume design // Tina Kloempken
Music // Malte Beckenbach, Marcel Blatti
Dramaturgy // Jens Hillje
Lighting design // Carsten Sander
With // Robert Beyer, Lea Draeger, Steffi Kühnert, Bibiana Beglau, Jule Böwe, Thomas Bading, Clemens Schick, Rafael Stachowiak, Stipe Erceg, Wolf Aniol, Erhard Marggraf, Lore Stefanek