DAS SCHLOSS | BERLINER ENSEMBLE
WORLD PREMIERE FEBRUARY 2026
By Georgia Bruce Translated by Leo Lorena Wyss
Now showing at Berliner Ensemble.
The Castle or Imagine K Happy by Georgia Bruce combines motifs from Franz Kafka's last and unfinished novel with Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" and his image of the endless cycle of hardship – told from the perspective of a trans man seeking acceptance.
As violence against trans and queer peoples increases worldwide and the mere existence of queer bodies is called into question and criminalised, Jules Head looks at the Sisyphean task that is to be trans and the absurdity of the world's response to the simple wish to be allowed to be. What does it mean to remain incomplete in a world that constantly strives for completion? What if it's not actually about pushing the rock over the top of the mountain, finally gaining entry to the castle or being recognised in the village? And if we can imagine Sisyphus happy – can we also imagine a trans man living in peace?
Created with and Performed by Ujesh Buchele, Nina Bruns, Lukas von Horbatschewsky, Joyce Sanhá, Emma Zeisberger
Director - Jules Head
Stage Design - Janina Kuhlmann
Costume Design - Louise-Fee Nitschke
Composer & Sound Designer - Tom Foskett-Barnes
Choreographer - Wibke Storkan
Lighting Designer - Piotr Lemieszczuk
Dramaturg - Kathinka Schroeder
Assistant Director - Joshua Wölbern
Created as part of WORX.
The Castle or Imagine K Happy by Georgia Bruce combines motifs from Franz Kafka's last and unfinished novel with Albert Camus' "The Myth of Sisyphus" and his image of the endless cycle of hardship – told from the perspective of a trans man seeking acceptance.
As violence against trans and queer peoples increases worldwide and the mere existence of queer bodies is called into question and criminalised, Jules Head looks at the Sisyphean task that is to be trans and the absurdity of the world's response to the simple wish to be allowed to be. What does it mean to remain incomplete in a world that constantly strives for completion? What if it's not actually about pushing the rock over the top of the mountain, finally gaining entry to the castle or being recognised in the village? And if we can imagine Sisyphus happy – can we also imagine a trans man living in peace?
Director - Jules Head
Stage Design - Janina Kuhlmann
Costume Design - Louise-Fee Nitschke
Composer & Sound Designer - Tom Foskett-Barnes
Choreographer - Wibke Storkan
Lighting Designer - Piotr Lemieszczuk
Dramaturg - Kathinka Schroeder
Assistant Director - Joshua Wölbern
Created as part of WORX.
