“Kevin Gleeson's associative music opens dream bridges into the world of anthroposophy”
Theater der Zeit

A child enters the stage and starts to speak. Is this a professional theatre performance or a school play? The child doesn't seem particularly old, but he understands Goethe, and his words appear very deliberate, almost predetermined, as if someone is speaking through him - but who? Perhaps he was just brought up that way? 

Rudolf Steiner founded the first Waldorf School in Stuttgart in 1919, and since then, Waldorf education has become a global success. But what many don’t realise is that it is all based on a specific idea of what children are - namely, that they are not really children at all, but very old souls. This idea is at the heart of Steiner's philosophical worldview: Anthroposophy.

Waldorf education remains controversial because of these spiritual, esoteric origins. But beyond the schools, Anthroposophy can be found throughout our modern world: in organic farming, the corporate philosophies of skincare products, homeopathic medicine, vaccine hesitancy. 100 years after his death, with the world in spiritual crisis, Steiner is suddenly everywhere.

The Education of Rudolf Steiner premiered on October 12th 2024, at Schauspiel Stuttgart.

Stage Design JEREMY HERBERT
Video Design SEBASTIAN DUPOUEY
Lighting Design JÖRG SCHUCHARDT
Sound Design and Composition KEVIN GLEESON
Costume Design MIRJAM PLEINES
Text by DEAD CENTRE
Directors BUSH MOUKARZEL & BEN KIDD

IMAGES by Thomas Aust