Duration: 1 h 40 min
Information: In Farsi with German and English surtitles
The Shadows is a silent theatre piece, which tells contemporary stories of people who are strikingly reminiscent of well-known characters from Greek tragedy. Without any references to antiquity, Oedipus, Antigone, and Medea suddenly appear in the midst of our present day. The title of the play evokes many associations.
A man learns as an adult that he was abducted during the Argentine military dictatorship and raised by a foreign family. This knowledge completely up ends his love, his origins, his life, and his entire identity. Then there is a journalist searching for her brother, who disap peared while working as a doctor in a war zone. Against every warning, she travels there herself, determined to find him, dead or alive. Lastly, a woman flees to Europe with her husband and child in search of the promise of a better life. Betrayed and abandoned, she is ulti mately left alone in a refugee camp. Her love turns first to anger, then to hope, and finally to despair.
From 18 June to 5 July 2026, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany's largest international theatre festival "Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capital of Culture year 2025. For three weeks, Chemnitz will be a meeting place for artists, audiences and theatre enthusiasts from all over the world. A lively celebration of the performing arts will take place on stages, in urban spaces and in unusual locations, overcoming borders and bringing together stories from all parts of the world.
Nine international curators from Australia, Canada, Colombia, Argentina, South Africa, Greece, Jordan, India, Senegal and China are responsible for the festival programme. They will meet in Chemnitz in November to select around 40 outstanding productions - works that they have previously viewed in their regions. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre forms, languages and perspectives.
