Every evening, the NDR’s weather man, Frank Böttcher, forecasts tomorrow’s weather on the television. Like a magician, he stands in front of the weather map and predicts the future. On Das Wetter performance days, he takes his entire studio and its team to Thalia Theater and broadcasts his show from the stage. But there is something fishy going on with his show: shortly before the recording begins, he disappears briefly in his mask once more. But this takes longer than planned – much longer. While his master is gone, his student Niels Möhle takes the reins – and unintentionally throws the weather studio’s technical apparatus into chaos. During his attempts to bring the studio under control again, a group of fourth graders suddenly appears, which causes further havoc. Trying not to disappoint his surprised guests, Niels Möhle conjures up a show and gradually transforms the studio into a fairy-tale-like weather theatre. But the spirits that he calls are difficult to get rid of …
Text und Regie: Jan Philipp Stange, Bühne: Jakob Engel, Kostüm: Anthoula Bourna, Video: Jonas Alsleben, Dramaturgie: Matthias Günther, Sounddesign: Jakob Spengemann, Regieassistenz: Lasse Awe, Ausstattungsassistenz: Bettina Kirmair, Kinderbetreuung: Teresa Rosenkrantz, Souffleuse: Friederike Zörner. Mit Frank Böttcher, Pauline Heinrichs, Bekim Latifi sowie der Klasse 4c der Loki-Schmidt-Schule | Fotos von Krafft Angerer
Premiere am 19.5.2018 im Thalia Theater Hamburg