Maria Milisavljevic

It is the seemingly familiar story of the Nibelungs, filled with the old myth of the Song of the Nibelungs and the Norse Song Edda. But the old certainties and heroic tales have long since become shattered.
It is not only Brynhild, the Valkyrie, who is forced to free herself from the old expectations and brutal intrigues. Likewise, Sigurd, the dragon slayer, no longer fits into the familiar hero cliché. Who decides who we are? Fate, the gods, the family - or ourselves? Together, Brynhild and Sigurd rewrite their story: as a great love story, a family drama, a tragedy, a thriller. And as an angry rebellion against others deciding who they should be. With all the bloody consequences.
"Maria Milisavljevic's new theatre play actually allows for many interpretations. If you want, you can see it as a very intense confrontation with the devastating war in Ukraine - triggered by traditional delusions of masculinity, claims of ownership and the desire for revenge inscribed in the DNA of human history." (SWR)