A pile of rubbish

14 killings, 9 of them on stage, 6 severed members, 1 rape (or 2 or 3, depending on how you count), 1 live burial, 1 case of insanity, and 1 of cannibalism – an average of 5.2 atrocities per act, or one for every 97 lines. Fourteen dead bodies, kung-fu, sword-fu, spear-fu, dagger-fu, arrow-fu, pie-fu, animal screams on the soundtrack, heads roll, hands roll, tongues roll, nine and a half quarts of blood, and a record-breaking 94 on the vomit-meter… The piece is based on Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. In part 1, we emphasized the Roman empire, the ceremonies, and the physical world of Titus.

Performers: Daniel Aschwanden, Janel Barbeito, Irene Coticchio, Michaela Hurdes-Galli, Veronika Zott, David Jeker, Elisabeth Löffler, Christian Polster, Martina Spitzer, Jeanette Baroness Lips von Lipstrill a.o.
Video and Music: Mathias Gmachl, Michael Strohmann, Lonesome Andi Haller Band
Directed and designed by Yosi Wanunu, Daniel Aschwanden

A collaboration with Bilderwerfer

dietheater Künstlerhaus, Vienna/ Sep 27 – Oct 6, 2001