Venus & Jupiter - A Divinely Roman Comedy by Michael Niavarani

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VENUS & JUPITER A divinely Roman comedy by Michael Niavarani A heavenly prank about love, deceit, transformation and jealousy with all divine weakness and human powerlessness. Directed by: Michael Niavarani & Helena Steele When father of the gods Jupiter travels with his great-aunt Venus to Vindobona to reconcile with his son Apollo, it doesn't take long for considerable love entanglements to arise in this dreamy provincial town on the Danube. How can it be that Alkmene slept with her husband Amphitryon while he was still in Germania? And what secret is hidden behind the slave Gaius Tiberius, who suddenly encounters himself? The gods are up to mischief and throw human emotions out of balance. Must Venus, the goddess of beauty, transform herself into a man to seduce the slave Octavia? Who is supposed to know who, when, where, with whom...? And when mother of the gods Juno has to explain to a young lady named Leda that her beloved swan is an adulterer, it's time to keep a cool head. - Oh yes, then there's also cousin Hades, Death himself, who gets involved in a daring deal. Venus, Jupiter, Juno, Hades and Apollo, a family that brings confusion and despair into the house of Prefect Amphitryon with their everyday inter-divine problems. Pray to the gods that they never cross your path, because they are only human too! ON STAGE: Hemma Clementi Katharina Dorian Jenny Frankl Maddalena Hirschal Pia Strauss Stefan Altenhofer Otto Jaus Matthias Mamedof Nikola Unterberger Soffi Povo Markus-Peter Gössler Michael Niavarani BEHIND THE STAGE: BOOK Michael Niavarani DIRECTION Michael Niavarani & Helena Steele SET DESIGN & PROPS Natascha Maraval COSTUMES Inge Stolterfoht MAKE-UP Angela Schneider MUSIC Johannes Glück DRAMATURGY Helen Zellweger ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Hannah Niavarani COSTUME ASSISTANCE Rosa Dreher EVENING MAKE-UP Katrin Bohaty, Victoria Kirchner, Anna Maurer, Barbara Rössler, Paulina Wegl DRESSERS Rosa Dreher, Annika Fuchs, Lea Radatz, Julia Sailer, Alea Siegele STAGE PAINTING Arno Hagspiel PUPPET CONSTRUCTION Soffi Povo SOUND DESIGN Christoph Tiefenthaler LIGHT DESIGN Alexander Keil, Andreas Raunig STAGE TECHNOLOGY Andreas Stöcklegger & VEC Team PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Andrea Kern, Helena Steele PERFORMANCE RIGHTS Schultz & Schirm Bühnenverlag MANAGEMENT THEATER IM PARK Benedict Steininger & Bojan Djukic - Schaner PRODUCERS Georg Hoanzl & Michael Niavarani