The Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov  sits disillusioned in his apartment in 1938 Moscow. His plays have been removed from the schedules by the Soviet authorities, and the publication of his novels has been banned. Then the Vakhtangov Theater commissions him to adapt Miguel Cervantes ' DON QUIXOTE for the stage. Alonso Quijano sits just as dejectedly in his village of La Mancha, spending his time reading chivalric novels and losing himself in their ideals. He names himself Don Quixote and sets out to pursue the stories from his books. His companion and armor-bearer, Sancho Panza, dubs him the "Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance." Traveling on an old nag and a donkey, they aim to "restore to the world the irretrievably lost justice," free a supposed princess, and fight giants in the form of windmills.

Don Quixote

Werkstattbühne

They represent the Bonn Republic, stand by while their men engage in politics, stand on the terraces of their Bad Godesberg villas and gaze at the Rhine river landscape, where the Nibelungen treasure is hidden somewhere. Gold and crowns, dented by rolling pebbles, like carnival medals, next to a Nazi emblem, quickly thrown into the water as the American tanks approached. Those who know too much and talk too much have their memories "corrected" in a luxury sanatorium.

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Women in front of a river landscape (UA)

Schauspielhaus Bad Godesberg

Felix Krull is a fool for everyone. Charming, sophisticated, and with ease. Early on, he discovered his love of acting, which paved the way for him, paving the way for him in ways one would never have thought possible. Ultimately, he looks back on a life full of deception and pretense, loneliness, and questions about his own identity.

Confessions of the imposter Felix Krull

When Donald Trump was first elected President of the United States in 2016, Elfriede Jelinek began writing AM KÖNIGSPEG (The Royal Road). In November 2024, two weeks after Trump's renewed victory, she published her epilogue to this royal road: FINAL VICTORY.

On the Royal Road / Final Victory

On October 7, 2023, the terrorist group Hamas carried out brutal massacres against the Israeli civilian population. Since then, the military conflict in the Middle East and around the world has escalated. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is life-threatening. Jews all over the world no longer feel safe. Antisemitic and anti-Muslim sentiments and crimes are on the rise. Protests are being cleared by the police. The fronts have become extremely entrenched. Many people seem to find it difficult to distinguish between a gesture of individual solidarity and the political differentiation of the conflict. How can one maintain individual and collective humanity in light of these events and the gruesome images in the media?

Ursula Grossenbacher

Events

Past events

Apr 10 - May 24, 2025

Don Quixote · Theater Bonn

4 - 30 Apr, 2025

Women in front of a river landscape (UA) · Theater Bonn

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