Theaterbesuche sind ein 'Muss' für jeden Abiturienten, aber wie der folgende Artikel zeigt, können sie auch sehr unterhaltsam sein und in dem Einen oder Anderen spätestens in Klasse 12 die Liebe zum Theater wecken.....

Die GY0G des Beruflichen Gymnasiums hat mit ihren Fachlehrern zwei Vorstellungen im Schauspielhaus Bochum besucht und besonders die Shakespeare-Aufführung hat einigen so gut gefallen, dass sie eine Rezension in der Muttersprache des englischen Barden verfasst haben, die im Folgenden zu finden ist....

Die Fotos sind netterweise von Jonas Hartmann aus der F11G2 beigesteuert worden, einer unserer Schüler, die im Schauspielhaus Bochum ihr FOS-Jahrespraktikum absolvieren und bei der Durchführung der Theateraufführungen helfen.

'Was ihr wollt' - Flood at the theatre

As if the rain on the way to the theatre was not exhausting enough for us, we were confronted with a lot more water during the show, when the stage was flooded right at the beginning of the performance. But luckily, compared to the actors, we did not have to stand there with wet feet and swim through this stage set of contaminated soup. This detail was probably one of those which made this evening so fantastic.

'Was ihr wollt' started with a scene of a feast after a wedding ceremony. This scene was added to the play by the German director of the Schauspielhaus, it is not part of the actual Shakespearean play called Twelfth Night. However, whether it is new or not, this scene formed a perfect introduction to the rest of the play, and the end of this wedding feast was the first shocking and dramatic moment in the play, probably the most shocking, because Viola, the bride, suddenly gets furious and in rage destroys the whole scenery with her hands and water, flooding a lot of the stage. The play continues with heart-ripping love confessions, where Viola sometimes becomes her brother Sebastian, played by the same actress, and meets a duke whom she works for introducing herself as a boy called Cesario. This duke sends Viola as Cesario to his beloved Olivia, but that woman then falls in love with Viola as a boy. So the disaster takes its course.

You saw whatever you wanted to see: Violence, Love, Desperation, Fun and even some naked human skin. Jana Schulz, in the role of Viola who also played Viola's brother Sebastian, fascinated the most, which brought her the loudest applause of this evening. She spent 70% of her time on stage in ice-old water with screaming and hasty movements, but still expressed so many different and deep feelings. She played a kind of dissociative split personality as if she really suffered from it, which was absolutely impressive.

Also Matthias Redlhammer, as Sir Tobi became the audience's favorite this evening, in case of comedy. He made the audience laugh so hard and you did not even feel bad about it. Matthias Redlhammer also regularly plays Mr Peachum in 'Die Dreigroschenoper', who is the complete opposite of Sir Tobi, because Mr Peachum is a strict businessman and a father. Playing those completely different roles so well also shows his skills. In the play 'Was ihr wollt' he also changed his personality, because one time he was that drunken idiot called Sir Tobi and at the next moment he played outstanding good piano solos which came along with a good singing voice. Michael Schütz who played Orsino, the duke Viola falls in love with, also did his parts at the piano, with wonderful and sad songs about his beloved Olivia. Michael Schütz also played the policeman Brown in „Die Dreigroschenoper“ and there is a big difference between those roles, too, so you would not expect  so many feelings from a person like Mr.Brown..

The most unexpected character was played by Jutta Wachowiak. Her character called Der Narr, the fool, was the wisest character in the whole play. It was not a fool you saw there, maybe someone you expected to be a fool, because that character did not look really educated, but in the way of good advice and knowledge she played the number one character.

The music in this version of 'Was ihr wollt' was only made by two or three people. We had Sir Tobi and Orsino playing the piano for romantic elements and in the background a guy with an electric guitar and  a notebook, who was not actually involved in the play, making the rest of the music, which mostly underlined all the feelings and situations the actors expressed. There would have been a lot missing without these good musical elements. But also light, as it is always the case, did an important job in 'Was ihr wollt'. A wall with chains of lights divided the stage into two parts and it was possible to move it up and down.

We especially loved the character Sir Tobi, because this person brought so many hilarious parts into this play and laughing was a good alternation to so many melancholic situations. Matthias Redlhammer brought life into this play. He was the main reason for us, why we liked that play.

It is a good idea to provide a variety of changes in atmosphere, especially f or people who are actually not into visiting the theatre. We were impressed by the passion the actors showed, particularly by Jana Schulz, that is the reason why she deserved the longest and loudest applause of the evening.

'Was ihr wollt' by the director Roger Vontobel was the best theatre play we have seen up to now.

By Tobias Creutzburg and Lysanne Carina Maul