¿Qué pasa en la mancha?

In this free adaptation of Cervantes' novel, a barren plain opens up in Depot 2 that initially defies all meaning. La Mancha appears as an almost boundless plateau that leads Don Quixote and a group of travelers interested in culture into a field of tension between imagination and reality. The ageing Hidalgo tries to convey his world to the visitors by weaving together stories, memories and fragments of his thirst for adventure. The production explores the question of how meaning is created when external orientation is lacking - a motif that comes to a head in the encounter between the literary knight and a younger, cinematic Don Quixote. The latter emerges unexpectedly from a screen and shifts the boundary between fiction and the present, so that the group gets caught up in a game of perspectives. Director Bastian Reiber focuses on the productive power of the imaginary: The so-called horror del vacío is not read as a threat, but as a starting point for creative impulses that are humorous, multi-layered and self-reflective.

Attention: Only in German