Timon is a performative essay on patriarchy and its effects on male emotions. It is based on Shakespeare’s drama Timon of Athens, in which the protagonist, deeply disappointed and speechless, shuts himself away from the world after his carefully nursed network of all-male political and business friendships has failed. The performance asks how our perception of masculinity is intertwined with violence and hate – which, in Timon’s case, eventually lead to self-destruction.
Concept, Realisation and Directing: Roland Rauschmeier
Dramaturgy: Heinz Leitner
Artistic assistance: Anne Juren
Stage: Roland Rauschmeier
Painting: Michele Bubacco
Olfactory: Michael Part
Administration: Alexander Matthias Kosnopfl
Light design: Lucas Gruber, Denise Kamschal
Sound design: Sebastian Wasner
Photography: Anna Lott Donadel
Technic: Heinz Leitner, Michael Raab, Dario Stefanek, Herbert Mattura, Jürgen Huber
Production: WTKB
Co-Production: brut Wien
Supported by: Austrian Federal Chancellery and the City of Vienna’s Department of Cultural Affairs