Woyzeck Quartet

Georg Büchner’s Woyzeck performed by a reduced international cast of five; they form a post -punk band with an operatic approach in original music score inspired by Alban Berg’s ‘Wozzeck’ to challenge the idea of the European Union. Texts in performance: Georg Büchner’s ‘Woyzeck’, a speech on ‘Economy of the housekeeping’ by Angela Merkel, Georg Büchner’s ‘The messenger of Hessen’ (Der Hessische Landbote) etc.

Commissioned by and Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Supported by Goethe Institut

Concept, Adaptation, Direction: Elli Papakonstantinou
Translation: Koralia Sotiriadou

Performers: Hendrik Arnst, Adrian Frieling (theremin), Argyris Xafis (electric guitar, harmonica, vocals), Fotini Papadodima (keyboards, vocals), Tilemachos Moussas (electric guitar, loops, efx)

Music Composition, Musical Arrangement, Sound Design: Tilemachos Mousas
Set Design, Costume Design: Aristotelis Karananos, Alexandra Siafkou
Lighting Design: Alekos Anastasiou

Assistant to Director: Efi Revmata