Chawwerusch Theater will be guest on July 4th in the Bessunger boy school
With the play "Rausch der Freiheit", the Chawwerusch Theater is reminiscent of the peasant wars of 1525 - and asks the question of the topicality of freedom, justice and what. The open -air piece will be performed on Friday, July 4, 2025, in the Bessunger Boys' School in Darmstadt.
At the center of the historical play is the great German uprising, which spread over Alsace, Swabia, Franconia, Thuringia and the Palatinate 500 years ago. Citizens, farmers and oppressed merged to request their rights in the so -called "twelve articles". The "Nussdorfer Haufen" was also one of these movements: castles were besieged, victories celebrated, hope germinated. But Martin Luther turned away - and in the end the insurgents were bloody.
A piece about departure, failure and the price of freedom
The story follows the farmer Jakob, who follows the fraud by his feudal lord of the bundle shoe movement. From the initial protest becomes radical resistance. The audience experiences the course of the Palatinate uprising, the founding of the Nussdorfer Haufens and finally the last battle in Pfeddersheim.
But "intoxication of freedom" does not stop at the history. The Chawwerusch Theater hits the bridge to the present: the idea of freedom - as the play shows - remains current, alive and competitive. It asks the questions: When is a revolution justified? What has to happen to make protest movement?
With impressive scenes, historical depth and social relevance, the piece brings a piece of German history to the stage - and stimulates to deal with democracy, resistance and social change.
