In unserem Namen

Affected by the refugees' political protests in Austria, Elfriede Jelinek wrote 2013's Die Schutzbefohlenen (The Supplicants) based on Aeschylus’ tragedy The Suppliants. A furious text emerged, poignantly formulating the tragic situation of those who flee: »We live, we live. And it is also not much more than life, after leaving the divine homeland«. In his choral-theatrical staging, Sebastian Nübling connects Jelinek’s text with the ancient original and contrasts it with the political language of our time. Who speaks and what takes place in our name? A multi-lingual ensemble brings these and other questions into the democratic space of the old Singakademie. Daily. With an open ending.