MOMO

A production by Theater Incognito. Featuring actors and team members of the Strassentauben Collective. Based on Michael Ende. Adapted by Canan Venzky.

Momo listens to everyone, especially her friends Gigi and Beppo. But eventually, there's no one left for her to listen to. Gray gentlemen gradually take over, ruthlessly driving joy out of the world. Michael Ende's timeless classic is full of themes that have not lost their relevance. Yet, some questions can be further explored. How right is Momo's course of action? How truly evil are the gray gentlemen? And what does it really mean to "save time"? When these questions are closely examined, one realizes that Momo might not be just a children's story after all. Some topics are not easy to handle. Do you have time for it...?

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Direction Canan Venzky

Stage/Lighting & Video Sasha Schewelew

Musical Direction Pablo Schröder

Public Relations Andreas Scharfenort

Dramaturgy Dustin Lange

Animation and Video Erik Schoonbeek

Musician Pablo Schröder

Cast: Amelie Maresté, Linus Wirth, Walter Heidtmann, Nora Gambihler, Jule Urban, Gian-Luca Kemper, Sasha Schewelew, Maciej Tyrakowski

taz (...) "Save time and optimize yourselves," with this bitter summary of the first monologue, the audience is drawn into the hour-and-a-half piece under the direction of Canan Venzky. "Momo" is the famous story by Michael Ende about a young girl and her naively carefree friends who inadvertently become an acute threat to the "Gray Gentlemen," those emotionless time-vampires who eerily remind us that a capitalist can be just as interested in our time as in our money, because: "Time is Money." The opening words of the "Gray Gentleman" lie over the entire play like a cold veil, creating a tension that almost feels like a crime thriller. This tension is primarily carried by Maciej Tyrakowski, who portrays the manipulative time thief in a business consultant look with impressive presence. Momo, played by Amelie Maresté, provides the counterpoint to the time shark as a harmony-seeking and childishly naive character, adding a touch of fairy tale with a clear division of good and evil. (...)

(Sophie Lahusen, taz, 14.01.2020 )

Weser Kurier (...) The artist collective Straßentauben celebrated its first own premiere with the play "Momo" in the theater hall of the University of Bremen last weekend. Except for ten tickets, the performance on Saturday evening, the day of the premiere, was sold out. On Sunday evening, the theater hall filled with around 40 spectators. With "Momo," the group of young artists dedicates itself to the children's classic by Michael Ende from 1973, presenting it not only through acting performances but also multimedia with original music and short film sequences. (...)

(Chantal Moll, Weser Kurier, 15.01.2020 )

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