Eternal youth or creeping decay? Absurd and fascinating in Theater 99!

Eternal youth or creeping decay? Absurd and fascinating in Theater 99!

Aachen, Deutschland - Coming on January 11, 2025: The staging "Eternal Youth, Growth Forever" by Richard Jourdant attracts attention in the theater landscape. The performance is realized with an exclusively female ensemble of the theater LX and is based on Eugène Ionesco's television film "The mud". The piece addresses the decay and the denial of finiteness by pursuing the path of a man who becomes weaker after awakening and finally sinking into the mud.

journey, which is known for his preference for absurd theater, combines a mixture of seriousness and grotesque in his direction. The piece ends with a critical reflection on consumer society and hostility to age, especially in relation to women. The director emphasizes the belief in eternal economic growth and ignorance of age and mortality. The implementation takes place as a simply structured narrative theater with live music and noises, with light, humorous and melancholic elements being combined.

Details for performance

The main actresses are Barbara Schafaricht and Undine bakery. The performance of Vera Knauer, who not only plays keyboard, but also produces noises and interpreted pop hits from the 1980s. The ensemble travels environmentally conscious and cost -saving by train, whereby the entire equipment is housed in a large case. The use of a few selected props ensures that the focus is strongly on the stage.

The performances take place in Theater 99: On Saturday, January 25th, at 8 p.m. and on Sunday, January 26, at 6 p.m. Further information is available on the theater website.

The inspiration for the play is located in the work of Eugène Ionesco, which was born on November 26, 1909 in Slatina, Romania, and is considered one of the most important playwright of the 20th century. With his work "The Kahle Singer" from 1949, Ionesco opened new dramatic techniques and introduced the theater of the absurd. The subject of his works are often the absurdity of bourgeois life and the senselessness of social conventions, such as "https://www.britannica.com/biography/eugene-ionesco"> Britannica reported.

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