Production

Epic Fail

Loosely based on the Cassandra myth and other stories of failure

SchauSpielRaum, Junges SchauSpielHaus Hamburg

Eight young people are spread out on the stage. One of them is sitting at a piano. In the foreground, a person of color recites a text. The set design shows a curtain with lightning bolts on it in the background and fluffy white clouds above. Everyone listens intently to the speech of the person in the foreground.

Epic Fail © Sinje Hasheider

An ensemble of young players venture into the world of Greek mythology and face moments of failure in which they recognise today’s society. Facing an uncertain future, they identify themselves in the seer Cassandra, whose premonitions and warnings go unheeded.

Available until 28.5.2025 as videoon demand in the media library.

Jury comment by Jelena Bosanac

Only available in German.

By and with

Deyar Alkalash, Mahta Aminaei, Theresa Boadi, Tara Madelaine Grubac, Amber Hasselbach, Lily Johanna Hinrichs, Dilara Meskine, Emmanuel-René Tomety

Yeşim Nela Keim Schaub, Lisa Pottstock – Directors
Marthe Labes – Stage Design and Costume Design

Frieder Hepting – Music
Tillmann Wulff – Light Design
Till Wiebel – Dramaturgy
Benjamin Owusu-Sekyere – Sound
Jonathan Biendarra – Head of Stage
Laura Brust – Theatre Pedagogy and Organisation Management
Helen Isabel Marx – Assistant to the Director
Yi-Jou Chuang – Equipment assistance

Made possible by the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS.