Collaboration: Don Quichotte
| 31. December 2026 | |
| Aalen | |
| Theater Aaalen |
A Play with music and shadows, based on Miguel de Cervantes
Collaboration with Theater Aalen October 2026
Michael is a stranger to the present, yet in his inner world, he is Don Quixote de la Mancha. He mistakes his son Sanjo for Sancho Panza, and the caregiver appears to him as Doña Belisa, Quixote’s housekeeper. Unbeknownst to him, he is spending the final days of his life in a care facility for people with dementia. When Sanjo and the caregiver begin to play along with Michael’s game, reality and fiction become indistinguishable. Amidst the sober, often dreary routine of caregiving, lighthearted encounters emerge—filled with situational comedy and poetic images of windmills, heroic battles, and nocturnal visions. The production weaves together motifs from Cervantes’ novel with biographical fragments from the old man’s life. Shadow play, puppets, and live music featuring electric guitar and a loop station make visible what is unfolding within the protagonist.
Acting: Arwid Klaws, Bernd Tauber, Hugo Ziegler, a child as the death
Puppetry: Robert Buschbacher, Anne Brüssau
Music: Aitor Reynders
Idea, Script and Direction: Jan Jedenak
Composition: Marijn Simons
Dramaturgy & Outside eye: Tonio Kleinknecht
Costumes: Stephanie Krey
Set Design: Jan Jedenak
Design Shadow play: Robert Buschbacher,
Victoria Coval Assistant Director: Lynette Allert, Anna Widmann