Ronja Rath
    as mother / grandmother / Hänsel
    Paula Vogel
    as Rotkäppchen / princess Aurora / Gretel
    Adrian Djokić
    as hunter / nurse Vomáčka / guard / Hänsel
    Matthis Heinrich
    Leonard Wilhelm
    as guard / professor / Rotkäppchen
    Jan-S. Beyer
    as live music

    Arabella oder Die Märchenbraut (UA)

    based on the TV-series by Václav Vorlíček and Miloš Macourek
    edited for stage by Stephan Beer and Georg Burger
    It is business as usual in the world of fairy tales – Little Red Riding Hood is getting eaten by the wolf, the hunter is ready and waiting, the prince saves Sleeping Beauty, over and over again. In the world of humans, a storyteller called Mayer reaches an audience of millions with the familiar old tales every day. One day, one of his characters, Rumburak the sorcerer, takes on a life of his own. He can move freely between the worlds and forges a cunning plan: Disguised as Mayer, he tells the old tales in a twisted new version. By becoming powerful in the media of the human world, he alters conditions in the world of fairy tales, where his influence grows.

    The boundaries between the fairy-tale world and reality become more and more permeable – allowing for encounters that would have been impossible before.  Above all, a meeting between Arabella, princess of the fairy-tale land, and Mayer’s son Peter. Fascinated by each other, they join forces to put a stop to Rumburak’s perfidy. The to-and-fro between the two worlds creates great confusion: People turn into dogs, sorcerers into story-tellers and the dwellers of different worlds become friends. 

    In 1979, Václav Vorlíček, who directed the legendary fairy-tale film “Three Wishes for Cinderella”, and screenwriter Miloš Macourek created the TV-series “Arabella” together. The show was a great success both on East and West German television under the title of “Die Märchenbraut (The Fairy Tale Bride)” and has continued to enthral new audiences ever since.

    At Schauspiel Leipzig, creative team Stephan Beer and Georg Burger have already made a name for themselves with their productions of the trilogy “Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt”, “Der schlaue Urfin und seine Holzsoldaten” and “Der gelbe Nebel”, based on the books by Alexander Volkov, as well as of “Das Dschungelbuch (Jungle Book)”. Their most recent works in Leipzig were “Die Nachtigall” and “Die Eisjungfrau” by Hans Christian Andersen. With “Arabella”, they will rediscover a story about the common bonds between apparently separate worlds and about the power of story-telling.
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    Premiere on 28.11.2021

    Cast

    Paulina Bittner as Arabella
    Patrick Isermeyer as Peter Mayer
    Hartmut Neuber as Karl Mayer
    Sonja Isemer as Roberta/Robert
    Julia Berke as king/queen
    Ronja Rath as mother / grandmother / Hänsel
    Paula Vogel as Rotkäppchen / princess Aurora / Gretel
    Adrian Djokić as hunter / nurse Vomáčka / guard / Hänsel
    Matthis Heinrich
    Leonard Wilhelm as guard / professor / Rotkäppchen
    Jan-S. Beyer as live music

    Team

    Director: Stephan Beer
    Stage Designer: Georg Burger
    Costume Designer: Kristina Böcher
    Music: Beyer / Wockenfuß
    Choreography: Sibylle Uttikal
    Dramaturg: Georg Mellert
    Sound design: Alexander Nemitz, Anko Ahlert
    Light: Jörn Langkabel
    Florian Eib, Maila Giesder-Pempelforth, Michael Scholz, Ina Klose
    Theatre pedagogy: Amelie Gohla
    Assistant Costume Design: Roy Böser
    Props: Jörg Schirmer

    Extended Team

    Stage Manager: Thomas Urbaneck
    Assistance Costum: Ragna Hemmersbach
    Prompter: Maren Messerschmidt
    Assistant to the Director: Johannes Ernst Richard Preißler, Emily Huber
    Assistant Stage Design: Helene Subklew
    Make-Up: Kerstin Wirrmann, Kathrin Heine, Donka Holecêk, Cordula Kreuter, Julia Markow, Barbara Zepnick
    Stage Master: Patrick Ernst
    Intern to director and daramturgy: Marlene Fachet
    Intern Costume Design: Magalie Schülpke

    Trailer

    Supported by Sparkasse Leipzig