SANCTUS DOMINUS TAURUS

With SANCTUS DOMINUS TAURUS, Laura Oppenhäuser takes a radical step: instead of standing alone on stage, she invites a bunch of "real" men to the theater.

A performance by Laura Oppenhäuser and muses

Found on dating platforms, in fitness and martial arts studios and at S-Bahn stations, artisans, trainees and wedding DJs meet a 40-year-old, heterosexual, dating-affine woman whose life is heavily influenced by men.

What follows is not a classic role play, but a controlled derailment. There is no script, no fixed roles, no certainties. The patriarchal power structure is shaken, the alpha loses control - and this is precisely the core of the work. Boundaries are negotiated, expectations collide, attributions crumble.

Here, where people meet who would never have met outside this stage, a music-driven performance of trades is created: there is hammering, singing, drumming, smoking and stinking. A work full of friction, humor and seriousness - about masculinity, desire, power and the imposition of closeness. Just men. And a woman.

As part of 3 TAGE FREI.

CONCEPT, ARTISTIC DIRECTION, PERFORMANCE: Laura Oppenhäuser

PERFORMING MUSES: Enis, Anton, Ben, Mohamed, Luciano, Max, Nemanja, Patrick-Dennis, Valentino, Vito

SCENIC DRAMATURGY: Nikola Duric

COSTUME: Aaron Alexander Arnoldt

SOUND: Ivan Syrov

CHURCH WINDOW: Nia Kanevsky

GRAPHICS: Peter Franck, Laura Oppenhäuser, Nia Kanevsky

PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT: Toni Böckle

A co-production of Laura Oppenhäuser and RAMPE. Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste and the Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg e.V. with funds from the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Also supported by the Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene with funds from the City of Stuttgart and the Péter Horváth Foundation.

CONTENT NOTE: Depiction of sexualized violence

There is smoking on stage