Theatre "The Little Mermaid"

This time, the story—which is usually “cutesified”—will be told in its original form as a fairy tale for
teenagers and adults.
The well-known story recounts the transformation of a “mermaid” into a
land dweller out of “love” and, ultimately, her metamorphosis into an “air being.”
Only by renouncing violence does the mermaid discover a world she had not
known before. Thus, while she ultimately bears the wounds of her “self-sacrifice,”
she gains the ability to navigate a wide variety of worlds.
Andersen’s fairy tale, reinterpreted for today, offers the opportunity to incorporate a diverse array of “worlds and
people” into the project.

An “underwater world” populated by sea creatures, mermaids, corals, jellyfish,
sea monsters, witches, and fantasy beings makes gender classifications and
categories such as “disabled” and “non-disabled” difficult, if not impossible. In the
“above-water world” inhabited by princesses and princes, kings, and a whimsical court, this “blurring” continues. Finally,
“spherical air beings” also make an appearance.
We see Hans Christian Andersen’s romantic fairy tale as a call to view living beings—
whether human or animal—as what they are and to respect them accordingly: living beings
who, on occasion, even fall in love with a donkey.