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Wolfgang Deichsel (1939 - 2011) is the only contemporary Hessian dialect dramatist of significance and an "innovator of folk theater," as the press wrote. His sequence of scenes "Bleiwe losse" (a total of six scenes) takes place in the petty-bourgeois milieu of the 60s and 70s and deals with everyday situations that, both comical and claustrophobic, culminate in disasters. “Beckett's end games take place at the Hesselbachs,” commented theater critic Georg Hensel.
The simple repair of a socket plunges the elderly couple Kress into great confusion and brings electrician Bubi Menger to the brink of madness. Mrs. Körner is so overwhelmed by a phone call from her daughter Monika in America that she can no longer speak and can only howl into the receiver. The loud sound of a television from the neighboring apartment triggers a terrible marriage crisis in the Koch family. The quarrel of two ladies secretly feeding the "Äffcher" with cabbage in the zoo escalates into a knife fight.
Deichsel's Hessian is not an arbitrary babble but of literary quality. His texts reflect the richness of expression and the musicality of the South Hessian dialect and are unmatched in comedy.
The production by the Volksbühne is a comedic fireworks display, with all 17 roles performed by only four actors.
Directed by Sarah Groß; Stage design by Ilse Träbing; Costumes by Ilse Träbing and Salima Abardouch; Makeup by Katja Reich; Props by Christian Abendroth; Technical direction by Daniel Groß
The cast includes: Ulrike Kinbach, Susanne Schäfer, Alexander J. Beck, Michael Quast
Duration: approximately 2 hours, including intermission

Supported by the Kulturfonds RheinMain

Doors open at 16:00

Event data provided by: Reservix

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