NATHAN IN THE BOX

Nathan the Wise for the Pop Music Generation

One-Woman-Puppet-Transformation-Playback-Show

Bridge Markland adapts Lessing’s “Nathan the Wise,” one of the most famous plays about the human condition, for her CLASSIC IN THE BOX series. She masterfully juggles classical text lines and pop music references, while subverting conventional role ascriptions. She switches rapidly between performance, puppetry, and playback and dusts off this vintage material for a younger audience.

Welcomed by the song “Burning Down the House” (Talking Heads), Nathan returns home after a long journey. Fortunately, his daughter Recha was rescued in time by the hero, who, like an angel, saves her from the fire – “Send Me an Angel" (Scorpions). Lessing’s parable focuses on people rather than their origins or even religion and is therefore timelier than ever.

Humanity and tolerance can overcome divides and foster peaceful coexistence – this message, fast-paced and catchy, supported by a tapestry of well-known pop songs, is magnificently embodied and delivered in Bridge Markland’s one-woman-puppet-transformation-playback-show.

With music by:

Antilopen Gang, Die Ärzte, The Bangles, Beyoncé, Black Sabbath, Bushidos Kinder, Phil Collins, Culture Club, Danger Dan, Depeche Mode, Enigma, Eurythmics feat. Aretha Franklin, Bryan Ferry, Foreigner, Gunter Gabriel, Herbert Grönemeyer, Grup Tekkan, Ofra Haza, Hansi Hinterseer, Höhner, The Hollies, Roland Kaiser, Mickie Krause, Lenny Kravitz, Ali Hassan Kuban, Oren Lavie feat. Vanessa Paradis, Daliah Lavi, Vicky Leandros, John Lennon, Madonna, Bob Marley, Pet Shop Boys, Rammstein, R.E.M., Schwesta Ewa, Scorpions, Sex Pistols, Sister Sledge, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Talking Heads, Tarkan, Bonnie Tyler, U2, Frank Zappa, and many more.