An initiative of the
21.11.2008
8 pm | Sophiensaele, BerlinNico. Sphinx Made of Ice
Premiere: 21.11.2008, Sophiensaele, Berlin
Theater
”Nico. Sphinx Made of Ice” is based on the music of the singer Nico and the fifty years younger Austrian musician SOAP&SKIN as well as the play of the same name by Werner Fritsch, a concert monologue by Nico in the moment of her dying. More than just a reconstruction of a pop icon, the performance explores the core of Christa Päffgen’s personality, better known as Nico, the legendary singer of Velvet Underground. She swapped her identity many times over, exchanged her German origins for a life in the world of pop, but there too she remained ultimately homeless and uprooted.
Director: Oliver Sturm
Musical director: Gerd Bessler
Stage: Till Exit
Video: Marcel Weber
Dramaturgy: Jan-Philipp Possmann
With: Gerd Bessler, Alexander Christou, Birgit Doll, Harry Hass, Irm Hermann, Annika Hofestädt, Stephen Jaco, Effi Rabsilber, Kenneth Spiteri and Soap&Skin (Anja Plaschg)
A project by Oliver Sturm, a sophiensaele production as part of the Zipp project “68/89 – Art.Contemporary.History”. Supported with funds from the Lord Mayor of Berlin – Senate Department of Cultural Affairs and the German-Czech Future Funds.
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