Performance in English

SYNOPSIS

Albert Camus’ Caligula is a philosophical tragedy that reimagines the reign of the Roman Emperor Caligula as an existential parable about absolute power, freedom, and the absurd. Stricken by the death of his sister and lover Drusilla, Caligula descends into a nihilistic quest for meaning, rejecting moral, political, and divine order in his pursuit of the impossible — symbolised by his desire to possess the moon. Convinced that life is meaningless, he imposes cruelty and chaos upon his subjects to expose the hypocrisy of human values and the emptiness of existence. Yet his rebellion against the absurd ultimately destroys him, revealing both the futility and the tragic grandeur of his search for truth.

Recommended age: Not suitable for children under 14 years old.

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