Venus & Jupiter

Prinz-Eugen-Straße/ Ecke Plößlgasse

1030 Wien

 

VENUS & JUPITER
A divine Roman comedy by Michael Nirvarani

A heavenly prank about love, betrayal, transformation and jealousy with all divine weakness and human impotence.

Director: Michael Niavarani & Helena Steele (formerly Scheuba)

When the father of the gods, Jupiter, travels to Vindobona with his aunt, Venus, to reconcile with his son, Apollo, it doesn't take long for there to be serious love confusion in this dreamy provincial town on the Danube. How can it be that Alkmene slept with her husband Amphitryon while he was still in Germania? And what secret lies behind the slave Gaius Tiberius, who suddenly meets himself? The gods are up to mischief and upset human feelings. Does Venus, the goddess of beauty, have to transform herself into a man of all things in order to seduce the slave Octavia? Who is supposed to know who, when, where, with whom...? And when Juno, the mother of the gods, has to explain to a young lady named Leda that her beloved swan is an adulterer, it's important to keep a cool head. - Oh yes, there is also cousin Hades, Death himself, who enters into a daring deal. Venus, Jupiter, Juno, Hades and Apollo, a family who bring confusion and despair to the house of the prefect Amphitryon with their everyday problems between the gods. Pray to the gods that you never come across them, because they are only human!

ON STAGE:
Hemma Clementi
Katharina Dorian
Jenny Frankl
Maddalena Hirschal
Helena Steele (formerly Scheuba)
Stefan Altenhofer
Otto Jaus
Matthias Mamedof
Michael Niavarani
Nikola Unterberger
Soffi Povo, Markus-Peter Gössler, Veronika Rivo, Angelo Konzett

BEHIND THE STAGE:
SCRIPT Michael Niavarani
DIRECTION Michael Niavarani & Helena Steele (formerly Scheuba)
SET DESIGN & PROPS Natascha Maraval
COSTUMES Inge Stolterfoht
MASK Angela Schneider
MUSIC Johannes Glück
DRAMATURGY Helen Zellweger
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Hannah Niavarani
COSTUME ASSISTANT Rosa Dreher
EVENING MASK Katrin Bohaty, Victoria Kirchner, Anna Maurer, Barbara Rössler, Paulina Wegl
DRESSERS Elvira Becker, Sophie Gruber, Johanna Hesse, Annalena Hollaus, Julia Sailer, Alea Siegele
STAGE PAINTING Arno Hagspiel
PUPPET CONSTRUCTION Soffi Povo
SOUND DESIGN Christoph Tiefenthaler
LIGHT DESIGN Alexander Keil, Natascha Woldrich
STAGE TECHNOLOGY Florian Apfel, Markus Bohnensack, Sascha Dreindl, Alexander Hartl, Sarah Kadlec, Sarah Helene Neichl, Cezary Stojek, Andreas Stöcklegger

(Source: theaterimpark.at)