Titanic - The Musical
Walenseebühne - Switzerland
Opening: 22.07.2015
Booky by Peter Stone
Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Director: Stanislav Mosa
...The production offers spectacular stage design (set by Christoph Weyers): The ship’s hull with its four cabins stands out like a huge wall against the cloudy evening sky...
sda, Schweizerische Depeschenagentur, 23.07.2015
...The ocean giant, North Atlantic and iceberg really do call for cinematic realism. But how do you bring the iceberg to the theatre stage? Christoph Weyers on the Walensee stage provides a convincing answer: The way the Titanic scrapes the iceberg is a stage design event of the highest order, and his ocean liner scenery is spectacular in general...
Zürichsee-Zeitung, 24.07.2015
...The creative, constantly moving grab-bag of a stage with its numerous settings offers enough space for a multitude of fates, which are told for a good two hours...
Südostschweiz, 24.07.2015
...The Titanic lies imposingly on the shore of Lake Walen. The stage set of the multi-storey steamer rises far into the sky. While the bow and stern of the ship form the fixed frame of the stage, the middle section is on a revolving stage and provides a view of the decks of the various classes and the saloon, of the live musicians, the radio and boiler room and the iceberg, as the case may be. When the stage is turned 45 degrees, the captain’s bridge is in the centre. The opulent drama unfolds against this refined backdrop...
Neue Züricher Zeitung, 24.07.2015