Captain Nemo conquers the stage: Really great adventure for children!

Captain Nemo conquers the stage: Really great adventure for children!

On April 13, 2025, the children's play celebrated "Captain Nemo-20,000 miles under the sea" in the WLT studio in Castrop-Rauxel. The staging, directed by Karin Eppler, brings the exciting and complex adventures to one of the best -known figures of the literature on the stage. Captain Nemo, known from the novel "Ving Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers" by Jules Verne, is a dazzling personality for whom the threads of history rose.

The plot of the play, which will be performed again on May 21, 2025 at 4 p.m. in the Herne Kulturzentrum, plays in 1868. The blind passengers are Nadine (Silvia Schmidt) and Pierre (David Kiefer), who meet the mysterious captain Nemo on their adventure. Nemo, whose full name is Prince Dakkar, is a figure full of contradictions. He has a tragic past in which he broke with humanity after difficult family fates.

The characterization of captain Nemo

Captain Nemo is described in Verne’s work as a scientific visionary that fights in his submarine, Nautilus, against imperialist injustices. His name, which means "nobody", as well as his repellent attitude towards the surface and the people on land, reflect on his abysmal depth aversion to the empire and its machinations [HalloHerne.de] reports that.

With a philosophy that is strongly shaped by his experience with loss and grief, Nemo is a character that was also shown in many adaptations of the novels, including film and theater. During the trip on the Nautilus, he and his team fight against nature and humans, he deals with topics such as pollution and possible inventions to combat these problems.

In the original history of Jules Verne, we experience a variety of adventures in which Nemo leads its companions, Professor Aronnax, Consil and Ned Land through various dangers. These episodes range from the encounter with giant octopuses to discovering the ruins of Atlantis [rule_4_plain] in detail the experiences that the prisoners live in the Nautilus.

The piece and its topics

The stage adaptation tangible these topics in the life of the young spectators. The duration of the piece is about 60 minutes, which makes it ideal for a younger audience. The tickets are available from six euros and can be purchased via the platform www.reservix.de. The topics of the piece are not only exciting, but also instructive, as they bring important social issues closer to the children in an entertaining way.

The staging of Karin Eppler not only captivates children, but also adults and encourages thinking about responsibility, environment and dealing with each other. The use of literature as a medium to impart such topics shows the potential of theater, raising awareness of current challenges and inspiring a younger generation.

Due to the versatile possibilities that captain Nemo offers, he remains a fascinating figure that is repeatedly reinterpreted. The new production of the child -friendly substance is not only a tribute to Verne's masterpiece, but also an important contribution to the transfer of his inheritance to future generations.