Saturday, 2/8/2025
at 7:30 PM



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Wolfgang Deichsel (1939 - 2011) is the only contemporary Hessian dialect playwright of renown and an "innovator of popular 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 revolves around everyday situations that, both comical and distressing, culminate in disasters. "Beckett's Endgames 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 the electrician Bubi Menger to the brink of insanity. Mrs. Körner is so overwhelmed by a call from her daughter Monika from 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 marital crisis in the Koch family. The quarrel between two ladies secretly feeding the "Äffcher" in the zoo with cabbage turns into a fight to the death.
Deichsel's Hessian is not arbitrary babbling, but of literary quality. His texts reflect the richness of expression and the musicality of the southern Hessian dialect and are unparalleled in their comedy.
The production by the Volksbühne is a comical fireworks display, with all 17 roles played by just four actors.
Directed by Sarah Groß; Stage by Ilse Träbing; Costumes by Ilse Träbing and Salima Abardouch; Makeup by Katja Reich; Props by Christian Abendroth; Technical by Daniel Groß
The cast includes: Ulrike Kinbach, Susanne Schäfer, Alexander J. Beck, Michael Quast
Duration: approx. 2 hours, including intermission

Supported by the Kulturfonds RheinMain

Doors open at 6:30 PM

Event data provided by: Reservix

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