The production shows the theatre in theatre – is there a possibility of saving the theatre from its hopeless circumstance? The stage is empty, the protagonists live inside the theatre. The Queen is the landlady, Sarastro, as her antagonist, has occupied the theatre and is holding her captive. He admires, captures and lords the house until he is disposed to liberate the stage again, because his love for theatre is stronger than the call of law
and order.