"The Hauspostille appeals to the reader's feelings and intellect. It is recommended reading in times of raw natural forces and in hours of wealth, the consciousness of flesh and presumption. It is to be sung with a touch of harsh discord. Its motto is: "In gratitude for the sun shining on them, things cast shadows." These are the words of the instructions for using "Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille", which the playwright wrote between 1916 and 1925 and repeatedly added to over the course of his life. The title Hauspostille is a parodic allusion to contemporary pious collections of sermons.
Lars Eidinger: "Change the world, it needs it" is the title of "The Measure" by Bertolt Brecht and then "Who are you?". So there seems to be a direct connection between the question of our identity and the possibility of changing the world. If we step out of the most narcissistic moment, recognize and reveal ourselves in the reflection, we can overcome the alienation from ourselves and from our counterparts and emerge as someone who has changed."
Hans Jörn Brandenburg, who has worked for Frank Castorf and George Tabori, among others, has been the musical director of all of Robert Wilson's German-language premieres and has worked with Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Herbert Grönemeyer and CocoRosie. With the band Felix De Luxe, he landed a hit in 1984 with the song "Taxi to Paris".
