Aenne
“I will show that miracles are possible.” With this attitude, the publisher Aenne Burda from Offenburg demonstrates the power of her indomitable creative will. Growing up as a railway worker's child in Offenburg, she never wanted to settle for the role of housewife exemplified by her mother; she did not want to miss out on half of life. She wanted everything: family happiness, children, yes, but also professional success, money, and recognition; she also wanted to embody beauty and sex appeal. With Burda Moden, Aenne Burda creates a global company in just a few years. She will become the icon of female entrepreneurship, a cosmopolitan living in the provinces, making women around the world into modern, self-aware women. Aenne is the German economic miracle woman.
Edzard Schoppmann depicts in his production, through scenes, dialogues, music, and songs, Aenne Burda’s colorful life, from a railway worker's child to her marriage to Dr. Franz Burda. From the wife who is cheated on time and again, who takes over her husband’s first publishing house as restitution. From the successful businesswoman taking lovers, to the grand dame, who becomes lonely in her villa by the railway embankment in Offenburg in her old age.
Director: Edzard Schoppmann
With: Diana Zöller, Marilena Weichert, and Sarah Herrmann (Aenne Burda) as well as Kira Wladarz, Falk Döhler, Christoph Hüllstrung, and Hans Herbert Diehl
Language version: German
Duration: 2 hours 20 min with an intermission
“Aenne” is supported by the Regional Foundation of the Sparkasse Offenburg/Ortenau.
Information for the New Year's Eve performance: Theater and Sushi
Before or immediately after the New Year's Eve performance "Aenne", you can dine at the restaurant Miko Sushi & Grill. Miko Sushi & Grill in the European Forum on the Rhine is open until 11:30 PM on New Year's Eve.
Reservations at +49 7807 885 39 38
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