Der Sandmann

Interdisiplinary Theater

Staatstheater Cottbus, Germany

The rain once it falls

Doesn't want to go away

So go my little hero

To a bloodless and burnt out place

- Chained to the Body

E. T. A. Hoffmann's horror fairy tale tells of the student Nathanael, who is haunted by a trauma from his childhood. A series of strange events occur that seem to have something to do with the death of Nathanael's father. The Sandman appears, sometimes as a demon, sometimes as an invention of Nathanael's child self. Nathanael seems to fall into madness, falls in love with a doll and ultimately brings his own life to a tragic end.

Choreographie und Co-Regie // Alessia Ruffolo

Komposition // The McDaniel Brothers

Bühne und Licht // Mara-Madeleine Pieler

Kostüme // Johann Brigitte Schima

Dramaturgie // Franziska Benack

Regieassistenz // Julia Daniczek

Ausstattungsassistenz // Lasse Fischer

Fotos // Bernd Schönberger

mit Manolo Bertling, Taro Yamada, Ariadne Pabst, Laura Oakley, Leigh Alderson, Markus Paul, Jorge Concepción, Alessandro Giachetti, Kate Farley, Nyla Tollasepp, Nathalie Schörken, Levi Haidan, Alexander Rublack

Musikalisches Quartett: Lu Schulz, Heiko Liebmann, Dan Baron, Nassib Amadieh

This project is created in collaboration with Cottbus musicians and receives the kind support of the friends and sponsors of the Staatstheater Cottbus e. V..