Now that a lot of things seem to be renewing themselves like spring, the Munich theaters aren’t really looking for anything new. May is a quieter month, at least when it comes to premieres. This is a good opportunity to dedicate a few evenings for which there would otherwise be less time. Because there are always new levels to discover.
There is, for example Everyone Reloaded on May 4th in the Prinzregententheater. It is a monologue and at the same time a rock version of the play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal; it has existed since 2013. What is interesting about it is that it features Philipp Hochmair, who will also play Everyman in this year’s new production by Robert Carsen in Salzburg – six years later he stepped in at very short notice for Tobias Moretti, who was ill.
In the Munich Kammerspiele there are the last five opportunities between May 7th and 16th WoW – Word on Wirecard to see. Anka Herbut’s play about the Wirecard scandal was directed by Łukasz Twarkowski. It’s a play with the different levels of reality, as reflected in the films “World on a Wire” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder or “The Matrix” by Lana and Lily Wachowski. Fabien Lédé has set up an office world in the Therese-Giehse-Halle, a hyper-realistic ambience in which some of the games take place. Using live cameras and video clips, the levels and perceptions begin to overlap. Technology and precision are overwhelming and can only be seen at the Kammerspiele.
New things about the Kammerspiele come out on May 15th. Then Anna McCarthy shows her music performance The Hills Have Crazy Eyes in the theater. According to her own announcement, the multidisciplinary artist will be taking on “sportsmanship, racism and sexism in the mountains” this evening. Also on May 15th in the Werkraum Dead survival by Jona Spreter Premiere, a production by the Falckenberg School. The director is Paula Schlagbauer, who attracted attention a year ago at the Volkstheater with a play about the scandal surrounding CSU city councilor Georg Schlagbauer.
A day later, on May 16th, comes to the Volkstheater The broken jug from Kleist. A piece tailor-made for director Mathias Spaan, who already played with blurring reality, perception and perspective in his great production of “8 1/2 Million”. The Residenztheater also relies on a classic: Mary Stuart. In-house director Nora Schlocker will stage the Schiller drama on May 17th. What you can look forward to now is the cast with Pia Handel and Lisa Stiegler. Both actresses take on the roles of the antagonists Elizabeth and Mary Stuart.
A look at the independent scene in May definitely leads to HochX. The co-production is here on the 15th and 16th Go to rest to see. Theme of the performance of the collective äöü: Where the cure used to be, there is now exhaustion. The Spagat cultural stage will also be a guest at HochX from May 29th to June 1st Alan – man machine, a biopic about Alan Turing for which its own theater machine was invented. The evening was also invited to the Bavarian Theater Days.
Finally, there is something for all fans of theater in the Antikensammlung who focus on the special ambience: Plato’s is there until May 18th banquet directed by Ioan C. Toma.