Crime comedy or spy thriller? Inspector Richard Voß is called to "Les Ceriserie", a psychiatric clinic, for the second time. Six months ago, Sister Dorothea was found strangled with a curtain cord. This time he has to solve the murder of Sister Irene. It soon becomes clear that the inmates, named Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, have murdered their nurses. But Dr. von Zahnd, head doctor in the psychiatric ward, stands protectively in front of her patients. The longer the investigation progresses, the more grotesque the criminal case becomes: has Dr. von Zahnd lost control of her patients? Why do the two patients claim to be the world-famous physicists Einstein and Newton? What are they hiding behind their prominent names and what role does the research field of atomic physics play? When the third patient, also a physicist named Johann Wilhelm Möbius, claims to have found the world formula that could be used to destroy the entire earth, the mystery plot turns into a trenchant political chamber play.
Friedrich Dürrenmatt's most famous play was written in 1961 against the backdrop of nuclear armament during the Cold War. His warning against the misuse of scientific knowledge by those in power and the question of the responsibility of scientists is also of unexpected relevance in today's tense global political situation between East and West. Between political and moral questions and exuberantly comedic scenes, Dürrenmatt makes an appeal to future generations: "What concerns everyone can only be solved by everyone." Hungarian director Kriszta Székely, who is a member of the management team at the renowned Katona József Theater in Budapest and presented her acclaimed production of "Three Sisters" at the Landestheater Niederösterreich, will transport the fragile relationship between science, the public and politics into the present day with her acting ensemble.
Premiere: April 20, 2024
Subsequent dates: April 27; May 15, 16 and 22; June 7 and 8, 2024
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