Ein bisschen Ruhe vor dem Sturm

The Mainz State Theatre as a guest at ZwischenStücke.

Three actors are preparing for a panel discussion on the portrayability of Hitler. As the moderator is not yet there, they discuss their profession on an empty stage and immediately come up against a basic problem: is the stage really empty? Isn't it always full of questions before you even set foot on it? Two of the men have already played Hitler, the third has only ever been Goebbels, but all of that was in the film. Would the theatre make completely different demands? After all, Hitler was a real person, so surely the theatre is obliged to reflect reality? A clash of cultures breaks out and, above all, a dispute about theories of acting and the understanding of theatre and art...

Based on a debate that once arose during a television talk show about various portrayals of Hitler on the occasion of the cinema release of Der Untergang, Theresia Walser has written a firework of furious monologues and controversial dialogues in the Thomas Bernhard style that has become an absolute cult play.

Inszenierung: Leonardo Raab
Ausstattung: Fernanda Jardí
Musik: David Bircher
Licht: Dieter Wutzke
Dramaturgie: Boris C. Motzki

Franz Prächtel: Klaus Köhler
Peter Söst: Vincent Doddema
Ulli Lerch: Benjamin Kaygun