The Magic Mountain—by Thomas Mann, adapted and directed by Monique Hamelmann—COMBO TICKET for a city tour + performance available

Young Hans Castorp travels from Hamburg to Davos to visit his ailing cousin at the sanatorium for lung patients. He intends to stay for three weeks, but ends up staying for seven years.

“Castorp’s story is the story of a simple hero. In the feverish, hermetic atmosphere of The Magic Mountain, he is empowered to embark on moral, intellectual, and sensual adventures he could never have dreamed of before.”—Thomas Mann

Mann’s characters on The Magic Mountain take a break from real, everyday life. We encounter people who voluntarily—and at times even with relish—surrender to the routine of daily life at the sanatorium.
And then, like a bolt from the blue, World War I is upon them—and that very society wonders how things could have come to this. And while they are still wondering, the war catapults them from the beautiful Magic Mountain into reality.
And so the war engulfs not only the protagonist Hans Castorp, but also his (our?) entire era!

A divided society, existential fears, the specter of war... One hundred years after its first publication, *The Magic Mountain* remains frighteningly relevant. Thomas Mann addresses the serious themes of his novel with humor, his characteristic irony, and his unparalleled linguistic brilliance.