The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud

by Dead Centre

Translated by Anna Opel

A book like a dream, as groundbreaking as it is controversial: Sigmund Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams is as impenetrable as the soul it examines. A confusing guide to the landscapes of dreams and thereby to the self, which, according to Freud, dreams exclusively concern. Until the end of his life, he considered The Interpretation of Dreams his most important work, a founding document of psychoanalysis and a scientific guide to understanding dreams. Freud was convinced that he could solve the mysteries of dreams and thereby find access to the soul, which he describes as an obscure wish-machine.

The British-Irish theater duo Dead Centre creates both intellectually stimulating and entertaining adaptations of the great works of our Western culture, continually delighting in shaking up the boundary between fiction on stage and reality in the audience. In this production, which premiered in 2020, the audience can expect a theatrical dream workshop that takes them from Dr. Freud's consulting room at Berggasse 19 to our own children’s rooms.

Program and cast

Duration and Breaks: 2 hours - no intermission

CAST
Alexandra Henkel
Philipp Hauss
Tim Werths
Johannes Zirner
Anouk Aimée Auer
Chiara Bauer-Mitterlehner
Mara Nathalie Brosteanu
Mariano Margarit - Live Camera
Andrea Gabriel - Live Camera
Johannes Traun - Live Video
Marcell Bándi - Live Video

Direction: Bush Moukarzel, Ben Kidd
Set and Costumes: Nina Wetzel
Video: Sophie Lux
Sound Design and Music: Kevin Gleeson
Lighting: Marcus Loran
Dramaturgy: Andreas Karlaganis