Everyday Life in the Third Reich

Everyday Life in the Third Reich is based on the original play Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches by the German playwright Bertolt Brecht.

The play is a collection of short scenes about different people in different situations. What they have in common is that they live in a society marked by war and violence.

Brecht fled from Germany and wrote Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches while in exile in Denmark from 1933 to around 1938. The historical backdrop of the play is the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 and the oppression and violence that followed.

The scenes depict the lives of people in a country where a dictator, through repression and brutality, pursues his dream of a Third Reich.

The play explores how people behave when living under an inhuman dictatorship, such as the Nazi regime, but with themes that resonate under any form of totalitarian oppression.

Playwright: Bertolt Brecht
Translator: Hans Tórgarð
Director: Orest Pastukh
Cast: Sofía Nolsøe Mikkelsen, Kjartan Hansen, Súsanna Tórgarð, Hans Tórgarð, and Bjørn Mouritzarson Mohr
Set and Costume Designer: Sámal Blak
Lighting and Sound Designer: Turpin Napoleon Djurhuus
Technician: Jákup Skovsgård Thøgersen
Costume Maker: Anna Kristin Bæk

This performance is part of the performing arts festival VERK – Nordic Stage Days, supported by the Nordic Culture Fund.