Drama
Part 1

Die Küste Utopias: Aufbruch

The Coast of Utopia: Voyage
By Tom Stoppard
Performed in German, in a version by Wolf Christian Schröder

Trailer: Andreas J. Etter
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Sir Tom Stoppard - "the poet of thought", according to Daniel Kehlmann - focuses on the 19th century Russian intelligentsia in his astute and witty trilogy "The Coast of Utopia". With the two Russian thinkers and revolutionaries Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin and Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, Stoppard's humorous conversation piece brings pre-Russian Revolution history to the stage. After making her successful directing debut with "Der fröhliche Weinberg", Henriette Hörnigk returns to Wiesbaden to stage "Aufbruch" (original English title: Voyage), the first part of the trilogy.

Following "The Hard Probem", the Hessian State Theatre now presents Stoppard's next German-language premiere with "Die Küste Utopias (Erster Teil: Aufbruch)", and will complete the trilogy in the coming seasons.

Cast

Director Henriette Hörnigk
Stage Design Gisbert Jäkel
Costume Design Claudia Charlotte Burchard
Music / Sound Bernd Bradler
Dramaturgy Marie Johannsen
Alexander Bakunin Uwe Kraus
Varvara Christina Tzatzaraki
Michael Bakunin Paul Simon
Ljubov Lena Hilsdorf
Alexandra Klara Wördemann
Tatjana Maria Wördemann
Varenka Lina Habicht
Miss Chamberlain Mira Benser
Serf of Estate Premuchino Martin Plass
Baron Renne Felix Strüven
Nikolai Stankevich Lukas Schrenk
Belinsky Christoph Kohlbacher
Alexander Herzen Matze Vogel
Djakov Felix Vogel
Ivan Turgenev Philipp Steinheuser
Nikolay Ogarev Noah L. Perktold
Nikolai Ketscher Felix Strüven
Nikolai Sasonow Felix Vogel
Pyotr Chaadayev Martin Plass
Nikolai Polevoy Uwe Kraus
Stepan Schewyrjow Noah L. Perktold
Mrs. Beyer Sophie Pompe
Natalie Beyer Mira Benser
Katya Lina Habicht
Pushkin Felix Strüven
Strawberry-blonde Cat Christina Tzatzaraki
Servants, Party Guests, Musicians, Mascha, Semjon Ensemble