16 Nov Tower of the hopeless
A lighthouse for the stranded
Theater Hausruck searches the North Sea coast for the stories of shipwrecked existences and wants to build a lighthouse of solidarity in Hausruck.
Theater Hausruck wants to set up a lighthouse for the stranded
Theater Hausruck sets off for new shores. “The Hausruck is everywhere!” says artistic director Chris Müller, who took a small team on a research trip to Hamburg and the North Sea coast in October 2010. On location, the theater makers set out in search of stories of lighthouse keepers and sea rescuers, of human flotsam, scrapped existences and globetrotters.
“We are particularly interested in people’s stories that go beyond the romance of the sailors. Real stories of people who at some point in their lives were no longer able to keep up, were stranded or literally sank,” says Chris Müller. It is not the tourist clichés of Große Freiheit No. 7 that are interesting about Hamburg, but what the people who fell short and failed have to tell.
Theater Hausruck intends to use the collected material for its theater productions over the next few years. Because: “Hausruck may be a long way from the sea, but there are many stranded people here too. Our attention is also focused on them.” As a sign of solidarity with the stranded here and elsewhere, the Theater Hausruck team wants to erect a lighthouse in the middle of the Hausruck. “The tower is intended to signal to all those who can no longer keep up with the pace of our society that Theater Hausruck is committed to a more humane life through the means of art,” says Chris Müller.
OÖ.Nachrichten, Nov. 24. 2010
Theater Hausruck wants to set up a lighthouse for the stranded 
WOLFSEGG. As a “lookout tower for the hopeless”, Theater Hausruck wants to erect a real lighthouse in the middle of the Hausruck. A suitable location is to be found in the coming months.
Director Chris Müller took a small team on a research trip to the North Sea coast in October. “We are particularly interested in people’s stories that go beyond the romance of sailors. Real stories of people who at some point in their lives were no longer able to keep up, were stranded or literally sank.”
Theater Hausruck does not intend to use the collected material for its theater productions in the coming years. The plan is to erect a real lighthouse in the middle of the Hausruck. “The Hausruck may be a long way from the sea, but there are many stranded people here too,” explains Müller. The lighthouse is intended to stand as a sign of solidarity with those stranded here and elsewhere. “The tower is intended to signal to all those who can no longer keep up with the pace of our society that Theater Hausruck is committed to a dignified life through the means of art.” A location from which the lighthouse can be seen from afar will be found in the coming months.
Next year, Theater Hausruck plans to take part in the “Festival of the Regions”, which will take place in and around Attnang-Puchheim. An exciting theater project with a local historical reference is being planned for 2012: The production “Die Pöschlianer” will shed light on the life of the priest Thomas Pöschl, who was transferred to Ampflwang as a false teacher in 1812. The gifted orator gathered up to 4,000 followers around him, who committed a murder and a ritual murder in Vorderschlagen in 1817. Theater Hausruck can already point to a prominent performer for this production: “Karl Markovics has agreed to take part,” enthuses director Müller.
Model from the “Hamburg Maritime Museum.”
