The image of an old man with glasses and a child with curly hair is projected onto a large screen. In front of them, two children stand on the stage between a beach chair and a camera.

Streit & Zuversicht

Theatre

Milo Rau

Medeas Kinder

As part of the Democracy Festival of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS

Tickets:

32 / 18 Euro (conc. from 9 Euro, [k]-Karte from 9 Euro)

Info

Recommended from the age of 16. Possible triggers: fog, depiction of a suicide attempt and depiction of gruesome and bloody murder scenes of children and by children

Past dates

Archive

Saturday

4/12/25

8:00 PM

90 Min.

With MEDEAS KINDER, director and head of the Wiener Festwochen, Milo Rau, dares to take a new look at the role of children in semi-documentary theatre. The starting point is a real criminal case: after a separation, a desperate mother decides to kill her children and take her own life - but she survives. Rau interweaves this modern tragedy with the classic Medea saga, the best-known case of relationship conflict and infanticide in Western literature. MEDEAS KINDER illuminates the tragic conflicts of the adult world from the perspective of children - a short history of theatre and a school of life that is as cruel as it is poetic.

A white child with long brown hair is hugging a monster. The monster has horns, brown fur, yellow teeth and is wearing a cape made of many colorful fabrics. The child's eyes are closed.

A girl in a costume made of heavy fabrics and fur stands on a misty stage. Behind her are pictures of a house and women drinking tea.

Four people on a stage. One is filming with a camera. The other three are wearing costumes made of heavy fabrics and fur. A girl's face is projected onto the wall in the background. She has her eyes closed and her mouth open.

A person in a monster costume with horns, fur and teeth approaches a man lying on his back on the floor, holding his hands in front of him protectively. A video of the man being attacked is projected onto the wall in the background. He is screaming.

Three children and a man are sitting on the floor. One child sits on the man's lap and leans back. There is sand and undergrowth on the ground.

#Big Stage

#International

With: Milo Rau

Milo Rau

Medeas Kinder

Past dates

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