A non-verbal theater of gestures that goes far beyond Shakespeare's work and yet remains true to its core: In King Lear, nine actresses present a female reading of the classic, staged by an interdisciplinary team of artists from Hong Kong around director Tang Shu-wing, the "alchemist of minimalist theater". Following performances in Hong Kong and Shanghai, the award-winning physical theater production is now coming to Europe for the first time and can be seen in London, Craiova/Romania and Berlin.
Old King Lear has given his kingdom to two of his daughters - a fatal decision, as they soon seek his life, causing Lear to go mad. The outcast youngest daughter Cordelia wants to save him. She returns with an army, but loses the battle.
Tang Shu-wing, internationally acclaimed as a director not least for his diverse interpretations of Shakespeare, stages the material in a completely new way using the means of physical theater.
"Even without words, the work still touches the core of what it means to be human." Theatre Times