HOFMANNSTHAL. ELEKTRA. A Tragedy for Three Living Beings and a Drone by Florian Schongar and Betty Rieckmann

In a devastated landscape of earth, steel, and light, Elektra emerges as a symbol of resistance.

This interdisciplinary production reimagines Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s tragedy as an apology for armed uprising in a frozen world — a contemporary allegory of defiance, surveillance, and collapse.

Between myth and machinery, the stage becomes a battlefield of light and shadow, where the human body confronts its own mechanization. A drone replaces divine perspective; its gaze fragments the drama into shifting constellations of violence, memory, and illumination.

The collaboration between director Florian Schongar and light artist Betty Rieckmann combines theatrical performance, light installation, and cinematic imagery. The work situates Hofmannsthal’s Elektra in a post-industrial wasteland, where light itself becomes both weapon and witness — transforming the classical tragedy into a meditation on power, technology, and the future of myth.

Team:
Direction: Florian Schongar
Stage and Lighting Design: Betty Rieckmann

Sound Design: Felix Wagner
Costume: Miriam von Kunzleben
Make-up: Merit Schongar
Actors: Tainah Jopp and Moritz Bock

Fotos: jackob Dieckmann