Lars Eidinger

Lars Eidinger became known to a wide audience with his performance in Maren Ade's "Alle Anderen". He was dubbed "The It Boy of his generation". Since then, he has been involved in a number of national and international film and television productions. These include "Yesterday's Flowers", "Persian Hours", "Babylon Berlin", "25 km/h", "Clouds of Sils Maria", "White Noise", "Irma Vep" and most recently "Dying" and "The Light". His portrayal of a psychopathic serial killer in the Kiel crime series "Borowski und der stille Gast" brought him a great deal of attention. He has been a permanent member of the Schaubühne Berlin ensemble since 1999. His portrayal of the title characters Hamlet and Richard III in William Shakespeare's plays of the same name made him a well-known theater actor worldwide. The New York Times wrote: "He might be the greatest Shakespearean actor you've never heard of."

"The House Postille appeals to the reader's emotions and intellect. It is recommended reading in times of raw natural forces and in hours of wealth, the consciousness of flesh and pretension. It is to be sung under the attack of harsh discords. 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 to which he repeatedly added further works in 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 changed beings."

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".