Very loosely based on „The Freedom to Be Free” by Hannah Arendt

The story begins with the painting “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David, 1793, oil on canvas, 162 x 128 cm. The work reads like the scene of a murder: the stab wound in the chest, the bathtub full of blood, the murder weapon on the floor, and the confession letter in his left hand.

But how did the murder come about?

The production takes David's pictorial work as its starting point and transposes it onto the stage. The result is an interplay between the different dimensions of painting and theatrical space. To answer the question of the murder, the audience's attention is directed towards the two main characters, Jean Paul Marat and Charlotte Corday.

The central motif of the production is the feminization of space: that is, in the interpretation of the performance, the appropriation of political space by the character of Charlotte Corday. The play moves between the political, social, and personal-individual spaces of the characters. In doing so, it becomes clear how the image of the female body is culturally coded.

And, of course, it is about power, arbitrary rule, violence, war, madness: because, after all, it is a play about the revolution.

Sensory and Content Notes:
The production deals with themes of violence, aggression, and murder. This involves the occasional use of blood, shouting, darkness, and strobe lighting. Further information on explicit scenes can be obtained during the introduction before the show, as well as in advance via the following Instagram contact: who_killed_marat

Credits:
Stage, Text & Direction: Tobias Hahnefeld
Performer: Lisa Edith Freiberger & Victor Immanuel Marc
Dramaturgy & Production: Victor Immanuel Marc & Eszter Sonnevend
Costume & Puppetry: Victor Immanuel Marc
Choreography: Micaela Odriozola Maglie
Light: Carlos Franke
Sound Design: Dominik Tremel
Make-up: Olen Mamai
Technical Direction: Philipp Kehder
Technical Support: Felix Schwarzrock
Grafic Design: Anna Hinz
Public Relations: Luise Hellmund
Artistic Direction: Tobias Hahnefeld
Production Assistants: Götz Michael Freimann & Mark Gleisberg & Benjamin Heberling

The performances are made possible by the "Gesellschaft der Freunde internationales Theater Frankfurt e.V.", the Hessian Theatre Academy (HTA) and the Kulturamt Gießen.
We thank the Frankfurt LAB-team for their support.