Anna-Sophie Mahler‘s musical theatre production premiered at Kammerspiele – Kammer 1 – in November 2015 and was subsequently invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen. Her critically acclaimed adaptation of Josef Bierbichler‘s 2011 novel Mittelreich returns to the Kammerspiele this month after Anta Helena Recke’s “black copy” of the production was presented in October and well received by her audience. Recke’s production of Mittelreich was an exact copy of Anna-Sophia Mahler’s work using a black cast and I am curious to see if my perception of the production would be different seeing it with the original white cast.

Courtesy of Judith Buss.