Theater

For an entertaining and fun approach of science communication we chose to produce a 30 minutes long theater play with the central theme of the discovery of the infrared radiation through William and Caroline Herschel.

The theater play was produced in collaboration with the association "Neues Atelier" and is written for two actors and one narrator. The script is freely available for download and personal use. The first public performance took place at the Campus Festival of the University of Vienna, on October 11 2018.

Cast:

William Herschel Franz Kerschbaum

Caroline Herschel Magdalena Brunner

Narrator Matthias Heger

Technics Adrián Artacho

Direction & script Matthias Heger & Adrián Artacho

Previous and planned performances

10. October 2018 - Campus Festival "Art & Science", University of Vienna (Premiere)

11. October 2018 - Public talk series "Nachts auf der Sternwarte...", Department of Astrophysics, University of Vienna

29. January 2019 - Katholischer AkademikerInnen Verband (KAV) Wien, Otto-Mauer Zentrum, Vienna

12. September 2019 - Campus, University of Vienna

Theater script

Here you can download the translated theater script in English language.

If you have any comments or want to share your experience with the play, we are happy to receive your messages to space@univie.ac.at!

English script for the theater play

Theater-script Herschel-and-the-invisible-end-of-the-rainbow.pdf

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Pictures of the theater premiere during Campus Festival 2018

In the gallery below you find some pictures of the premier of the theater play during the Campus Festival of the University of Vienna on October 11 2018.

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