Everything revolves around water as the epitome of change and the mutability of circumstances. This element accompanied Bertolt Brecht throughout his life and runs through his work in the form of rivers and the open sea, or as a symbol of doom and rebellion. In her essay, Fühner weaves together various texts into a fluid portrait of Brecht, placing the protagonist of the story “Before the Flood”—the prehistoric fish-lizard Ichthyosaurus—at the center. Added to this is the music that Augst created specifically for the essay with the French trio L’Impolie. The sound of this improvised text-and-sound performance changes with every performance, as it uses special records that wear down with each play.

Tickets cost 12 euros in advance, 9 euros for students, plus a booking fee. Tickets are available at the Wiesbaden Tourist Information Office, Marktplatz 1, (0611) 1729930, or online via the Literaturhaus website. Tickets at the box office cost 15 euros, reduced rate 11 euros. 

Since 2009, MADE. has provided a stage throughout the state for particularly noteworthy productions in the independent performing arts of Hesse. The event is organized by laPROF Hessen / MADE.Festival in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Villa Clementine and the Wiesbaden Cultural Office. The event is sponsored by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture, the City of Wiesbaden, the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, and the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen. Further information can be found at wiesbaden.de/literaturhaus (opens in a new tab) and made-festival.de (opens in a new tab).