THE JOURNEY OF G. MASTORNA

Theater Heidelberg


after Federico Fellini/ stage version by Bernadette Sonnenbichler

For this very unusual project i had the opportunity to combine two stages together into one immersive scenography for 300 spectators. An original Fellini script that never made it to film, we as creative team had the rare chance to invent a magical world of our own- as the protagonist finds himself in a magical world of afterlife after a supposed emergency landing of his plane, that is actually a plane crash. The audience is carried off on an extravagant journey into this world beyond- together with the cellist Giuseppe Mastorna we are being confronted with a magically disturbing pandemonium of reminiscence, nightmare and reverie.
Going through a fundamental reckoning, searching for one authentic moment in his life, in the end, both lost and rescued, he steps out into the mist, into the void and out to nowhere. 
Together with live music, live filming, incredible video design and marvelous actors, many extras and a dancer we re-discover this original Fellini script for the first time on stage- on both stages of the theatre.


direction                                                                                        Bernadette Sonnenbichler
scenography                                                                                             Sebastian Hannak
music and composition                                                                                      Jacob Suske
costumes                                                                                                   Tanja Kramberger
film and video design                                                                                 Stefano Di Buduo
choreography                                                                                                 Adrián Castello
dramaturgy                                                                                                         Lene Grösch

with: Steffen Gangloff, Katharina Quast, Marie Dziomber, Friedrich Witte, Marco Albrecht, Andreas Seifert, Lisa Förster, Jacob Suske, Adrian Castello
Dancer Adrián Castelló
Live Music Jacob Suske


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