2023 ELVIS – A DREAM OF GRACELAND

set design for ELVIS – A DREAM OF GRACELAND, at Theater Akzent (Vienna/A), directed by Hakon Hirzenberger and Rupert Henning

With: Charlotte Krempl, Johanna Lindinger, Martin Bermoser, Gerhard Ernst, Andreas Gaida, Clemens Fröschl, David Fuchs, Johannes Rhomberg
Director: Hakon Hirzenberger
Stage: Paul Horn, Gerhard Kainzner
Costume: Andrea Bernd
Music: Sir Henry, Moritz Hierländer
Lightning: Sabine Wiesenbauer
Assistent Director: Gioia Morgan
Video: Bernd Kranebitter
Rights: Österreichischer Bühnenverlag Kaiser & Co.Ges.m.b.H.

Austrian premiere on 29.06. 2023 Theaterfestival STEUDLTENN
Co-production Theaterfestival STEUDLTENN, Wald4tler Hoftheater and Theater Akzent Wien

A rousing musical journey into the world of the King of Rock “n” Roll. A group of visitors wander through Graceland and admire Elvis Presley’s former estate, his living room, his bathroom, his meditation garden and listen to the voice of Priscilla over their audio guides. But suddenly Elvis is standing in the museum of Graceland, in his former rooms, watching the visitors. The events of his last days are reflected in a backflash. Fiction mixes with life fantasies and leaves behind the distillation of Elvis Presley, celebrated to this day as the king of rock “n” roll, the king of glamour and show business.

But as so often in history, the question arises: does a lot of money also make you a lot happier, do the ends justify the means, or what am I myself prepared to do to find my own personal happiness? An evening garnished with the great hits of the King of Rock “n” Roll.

Theater Akzent