Die Physiker

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Malte Kreutzfeldt stages Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s The Physicists at Theater Chemnitz. The production centers the madhouse and its figures, blending comic crime-thriller playfulness with a grotesque sharpening of questions about responsibility for scientific knowledge. Direction and set are by Malte Kreutzfeldt; costumes by Christine Sponholz-Hielscher; dramaturgy by Kathrin Brune. The staging explores hubris, power, and the impossibility of taking back ideas once thought. The evening’s dramaturgy mixes slapstick and pitch-black humor with precise ensemble work. Reports cited on the event page praise the balance between punchline and substantial theatrical statement. The performance runs about two hours with one interval; an introduction is offered 45 minutes before curtain. Recommended age: 14+.