Drama in the Altenburger Theater: Brecht's classic enthusiastic audience!

Drama in the Altenburger Theater: Brecht's classic enthusiastic audience!

Altenburg, Deutschland - On Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2025, the highly expected premiere of "The Standing Come The Arturo UI" took place in the Altenburg Theater Zelt. The LVZ reports of an enthusiastic audience that celebrated the performance with ten minutes of applause.

The piece, originally written by Bertolt Brecht in 1941, is understood as a modern parabola on the seizure of power in Hitler. The director Alexander Flache brings Brecht's critical topics through current clothing and overitis. The background music comes from Olav Kröger, who interpreted a mixture of blues, swing and ragtime with 12 musicians of the Philharmonic Orchestra.

action and staging

The action takes place in the Chicago of the 1930s, a time when the sales crisis in the Karfiol (cauliflower) led to a strong loss of demand. The gangster boss Arturo UI sees this a way to capitalize on the need of the Karfiol Trust owner. describes the website of the theater how Ui threatens to force the vegetable trade and blackmail the trust after he learns from their activities.

In the title role, Jakob Spiegler, who brings the figure of the cold and calculating UI, can grow alive. Other outstanding actors are Valentino Fortuzzi as Givola, Peter Prautsch as Dogsborough and Marie-Luis Kießling as Ernesta Roma. Half an opera choir occurs and takes over the prologue, epilogue and small roles, which gives the staging additional dimensions.

artistic and political dimensions

The emotional strength of the piece is shown in an impressive scene where a blood -over -streamed woman asks the audience for help. Director Flache has emphasized that the goal of his staging is to give food for thought without teaching the audience. The Federal Center for Political Education emphasizes that Brecht's work is an excellent example of the tradition of political theater in Germany, which often serves to find social fears and values reflect.

The connection between art and social practice, as Brecht developed, remains of great relevance today. Political theater not only stimulates reflection, but actively challenges the audience to political thinking. Further performances of the play are planned for June 12 at 2:30 p.m. and on June 13th at 7:30 p.m.