Book by François Lelord
Play by Dorothee Hollender
Translation by Christiane Ehlers and Cornelia Ehlers
Oldenburgisches Staatstheater/ 2025
HECTOR SIEN REIS OR DE SÖÖK NA’T GLÜCK – HECTORS REISE ODER DIE SUCHE NACH DEM GLÜCK
“Happiness is when we think of the happiness of the people we love.”
– Hector
The novel by Francois Lelord has since conquered the whole world and was released in cinemas in 2014. Now Hector’s journey has its world premiere in the style of a road movie on the stage of the Oldenburg State Theatre.
In his psychiatric practice, Hector comes into daily contact with people who report worries, fears and unhappiness. Hector wants to help them find happiness and happiness. But how does that work: to be happy? Driven by an explorer’s spirit, Hector embarks on a journey of adventure, often involving nothing less than humanity’s big questions of life and death.
The encounters with people of different nations, peoples and cultures are full of surprises and deeply affect him. Astonished, Hector rediscovers the value of life and finally finds himself and his great love.
Director/ Nils Braun
Stage and Costumes/ Marie Luise Strandt
Dramaturgy/ Reinar Ortmann
Lighting Design/ Philipp Sonhoff
ON STAGE
Hector/ Florian Pelzer
Djamila, Flugpassagierin, Cousine von Marie-Louise u.a./ Ella Girgsdies
Madame Irina/ Tanja Gröbe
Rosalyn, Mutter mit Baby, Passagierin/ Leonie Grote
Bandit, Chinesischer Kellner u.a./ Thomas Hellmold
Krankenschwester, Chinesische Stewardess, Adeline, Agnès/ Melanie Lampe
Professor John, Jean-Michel/ Andreas Bloy
Geschäftsmann, Anführer der Autoklauer-Bande, Alan, Charles, Philippe/ Klaus Pflug
Buddhistischer Mönch u.a./ Tammo Poppinga
Edouard, Roger, Schwager von Marie-Louise, Eduardo/ Eike Schaumburg
Ying Li, Schwester von Marie-Louise, Afrikanische Flugpassagierin/ Gesa Schierenstedt
Marcel, Fluggast u.a./ Holger Schulz
Hectors Mutter, Mutter von Marie-Louise, Chinesin in der Nachtbar, Amerikanische Stewardess/ Regina Schneider
Clara, Chinesin in der Nachtbar, Marie-Louise/ Nadine Woinke
Photos by Stephan Walzl