Projects

Documentary theatre about the exile of Wilhelm II

November 1918, the first World War is coming to an end, Europe is in ruins. Emperor Wilhelm II has lost control of his army and flees by train and waits at a little railway station at the dutch border for the granting of his asylum. The dutch Queen Wilhelmina hesitates to let the german emperor in, who is persecuted for war crimes by the Allies. Finally she gives the "go" signal. An absurd story is about to begin. The unanounced guest will spend more than two decades in dutch exile.

The story of the abdicated emperor is reason for a european, mobile theatre-project that goes on a train journey in Germany and the Netherlands in summer 2018. In and on a train, objects of private property of Wilhelm II will be installed and staged in a documentary theatre performance by actresses and actors from both countries. The mobile performance makes stop at railway stations along the former escape route.

The project WILHELM*INA comes into being in cooperation of the theatre Das Letzte Kleinod (Germany) and the Museum House Doorn (Netherlands) and will be realized by theatre makers and curators from both countries.

© Das Letzte Kleinod

© Lorenzo Marconi WILHELM*INA on tour