There is whispering, laughing, complaining. And finally someone says: “Open your eyes and you will see!” With a radio play, the Schauspielhaus Graz added a strong acoustic note to Janet Echelman’s object in front of its building. The texts were taken from plays of the season as well as from “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond Rostand, which will be performed on the Kasematten from June 10. A possible challenge for the audience: recognizing which plays the quotes come from. The text fragments were recorded by the actors and actresses of the ensemble, while the radio play was designed by musician Matthias Grübel.

KLANGLICHT 2017

Matthias Grübel (D, born 1982) has released his music on several labels and has produced theater music for the Schaubühne and Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, the Thalia Theater Hamburg and the Théâtre National de Strasbourg, among others. He has worked with director Jan-Christoph Gockel for many years. He has also recently worked with Falk Richter, Marius von Mayenburg, Jette Steckel, the collective Copy & Waste and the choreographer Kat Valastur. He has also produced radio plays for Bayerischer Rundfunk, SWR and Deutschlandradio. This season, Grübel is creating the music for “Der gute Gott von Manhattan” at the Schauspielhaus.

Location: Playhouse