Mindcraft
Mindcraft
© SLT / Tobias Witzgall

Mindcraft

Carolin Anna Pichler

Ab 10 Jahren

Uraufführung: 10. Mai 2025 / Landestheater

Synopsis

Linked, liked and yet lonely? Data is crossing the planet within nanoseconds. Friendships transcend national boundaries. Lara, Nicki, Becky and Chris know everything there is to know about each other: their fears and worries, their dreams and ambitions. Heartaches, stress at school, problems at home; lucky streaks, party nights, first times – there are no taboos between them. They have never met in real life, but they hear and see each other every day – in the virtual world. By pressing a button on their computer and logging on to “Mindcraft”, they can enter a seemingly perfect world. Here, it does not matter whether you are wearing the latest clothes, whether climate change is progressing or whether your teacher at school has made an insulting remark. They craft their world just as they want it to be. Ruling the world and saving it could be so easy. They have no trouble reaching the next level.

At least in theory – but in practice? A global shutdown changes everything. Suddenly, Lara, Nicki, Becky and Chris are trapped in the virtual world of their online game. How can they get out and why are they even here? What has been programmed and who is pressing the buttons in this game? When cyberspace becomes the only world there is, is it still easy to change everything for the better? How many lives do they have left?

Composer-in-residence Carolin Anna Pichler is responsible for the futuristic sound of this musical, created as a commissioned work for the Salzburg State Theatre’s ensemble, the Children’s Choir of the Salzburg Festival and the Salzburg State Theatre as well as a live band. She will develop the plot of the play together with choreographer Kate Watson and dramaturge Christiane Silberhumer, who both specialise in telling stories to young audiences.

With his productions of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” and “Peter Pan”, Carl Philip von Maldeghem has shown that his distinct artistic style suits young and adult tastes alike. Designer Vanessa Habib will furnish a futuristic stage and matching costumes.

Selected performance

Tu 06/10/2025 10.00 am

Salzburger Landestheater

School Performance

Cast (on 06/10/2025)

Inszenierung Carl Philip von Maldeghem

Musikalische Leitung Wolfgang Götz

Choreographie Josef Vesely
Kate Watson

Bühne und Kostüme Vanessa Habib

Dramaturgy Christiane Silberhumer


Becky Leopoldine Richards / Alma Tomasi

Chris Daniel Fussek / Benedikt Hammerschmid

Nick Paul Plainer / Nils Pühringer

Lara Carla Kottulinsky / Sophie Münch

Sabine Alea Hagedorn

Jana Xenia Aurea Mangeng / Elisabeth Pachner

Victoria Emilia Grabner / Elisabeth Pachner

Conny Lorelai Bawah / Elisa Hammerer

Optimus, Chris‘Avatar Raphael Binde

NoFace, Nicks Avatar Daniel Therrien

Asami, Laras Avatar Alea Hagedorn

Duality, Beckys Avatar Diana Leonie Bärhold

Gamemaker Christoph Wieschke

Dance-Crew Susanyi Emese, Sienna Graffham, Martha-Magdalena Lechner, Maria-Luisa Leitgeb, Sophia Rissaweg, Diana Samar, Flora Scholz, Charlotte Steidl, Florentina Maria Tarquini, Celine Zuchristian

Chor Sienna Graffham, Amelie-Sophie Grebe Nunez, Elisa Hammerer, Marlene Huber, Maria-Luisa Leitgeb, Theresa Löffl, Lilly-Sophie Meschtscherjakov, Luise Mund, Stephan Radlwimmer, Sophia Rissaweg, Karolina Steiner, Isabel Stocker, Florentina Maria Tarquini