Tower of Babel
A multilingual sound collage from international theatre director Robert Wilson, inspired by the story of the Tower of Babel.
An original work for radio from globally renowned theatre director and artist Robert Wilson which has been co-produced by the 成人快手 and a group of German radio stations. In this multilingual sound-collage about the doomed proverbial tower of Babel, half a dozen languages are interwoven and juxtaposed. Wilson, originally an architect, has for decades worked worldwide with international ensembles, in various cultures and languages, and at constantly changing locations, all merging into a single whole: the theatre. In a compositional approach which is structural rather than conventionally linear, he uses texts from an ancient description of the city of Babylon and passages from the great works of theatre history: Aeschylus, Euripides, Shakespeare, Racine and Ionesco. Featuring actors and musicians including Fiona Shaw, Alan Cumming, Daniel Hope and architect Daniel Libeskind.
Tower of Babel recently won the 'Deutsches Horspielpreis der ARD', the highest award for a radio play in Germany. It is a co-production between the 成人快手 and German radio stations HR, NDR, RBB and SWR.
Violin, Daniel Hope
Dramaturg, Ursula Ruppel
Co-director, Tilman Hecker
In co-production with HR, NDR, RBB and SWR.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Robert Wilson |
Actor | Cecile Brune |
Actor | Edith Clever |
Actor | Alan Cumming |
Actor | Cocorosie |
Actor | Christina Drechsler |
Actor | Lisa Genze |
Actor | Ilie Gheorghe |
Actor | Traute Hoess |
Actor | Jurgen Holtz |
Actor | Inge Keller |
Actor | Christopher Knowles |
Actor | Lydia Koniordiou |
Actor | Stefan Kurt |
Actor | Daniel Libeskind |
Actor | Brigitte Meese |
Actor | Christopher Nell |
Actor | Fiona Shaw |
Composer | Hal Willner |
Composer | Dominic Bouffard |
Producer | Alison Hindell |
Broadcasts
- Sat 26 Nov 2016 21:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Sun 16 Jul 2017 23:00成人快手 Radio 3
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