“Schilten” is the school report of a village teacher who becomes increasingly isolated and gets more and more lost in the redundancy of his schoolmasterlike language. He is accused of “preposterous activities” by his superiors. His written justification is a cry for help that is inscrutably humorous and that goes unheard. Nils Torpus has dramatised and staged the 300-page novel by Hermann Burger for Theater Marie. The actor, Herwig Ursin achieves a gripping brilliance in this 90-minute monologue. 

WITH Francesca Tappa, Herwig Ursin DIRECTION Nils Torpus DRAMARURGY Mona Petri TEXT Hermann Burger MUSIC Ruedi Debrunner SCENOGRAPHY Andy Giger LIGHT DESIGN Andy Giger COSTUMES Cristina Nyffeler PICTURE Werner Rolli PREMIERE Theater Tuchlaube, Aarau 03/2007 PRODUCTION Theater Marie, Markus Speck COPRODUCTION Theater Tuchlaube Aarau; Theater an der Winkelwiese Zürich SUPPORT Aargauer Kuratorium; Stadt Aarau; Kanton Aargau; Pro Helvetia INTERNET www.theatermarie.ch

Theater Marie
The ensemble Theater M.A.R.I.A. that was founded in 1983, became Theater Marie in 1999. Theater Marie has been under the direction of Nils Torpus and Markus Speck since 2007, and has made a name for itself with outstanding productions such as “Schilten” by Hermann Burger or “Forelle Stanley” by Claudia Dey.