Martin Suter - Wut und Liebe – Premierentournee 2025
9/29/2025
at 8:00 PM
/ Hannover
„Wut und Liebe“
New novel and stage premieres with: Martin Suter, Katja Riemann, Caroline Peters, Bettina Rust, Linda Zervakis, Nora Zukker, and Dirk Stermann.
On April 23, 2025, “Wut und Liebe” (Diogenes Verlag), the new novel by Martin Suter, will be released – a sensitive, precisely composed work about emotional dependence, moral transgressions, and the desire to regain one's own life.
The subsequent premiere tour represents a double premiere for the Grand Seigneur of German-speaking novelists: for the first time, he will appear on stage together with a selected ensemble – and bring a version of one of his works developed specifically for this tour, crafted by dramaturg Joachim Lux. As part of this journey through Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, the audience will encounter Martin Suter in a new, multi-voiced form – literarily, dialogically, and scenically condensed.
Accompanying the author – depending on the evening – are outstanding personalities from acting and culture: Caroline Peters, an award-winning theater and film actress (e.g., Burgtheater Vienna, Murder by Forecast), and Katja Riemann, known from numerous film and television productions (Fack ju Göhte, The Moving Man, The Pharmacist) – both successful authors themselves – will read alternately with Martin Suter from the novel. The moderated conversation in the second part of the evening will be led by renowned journalists and moderators such as Bettina Rust, Linda Zervakis, Nora Zukker, and Dirk Stermann – one of the most well-known cultural mediators in Austria (Welcome Austria).
“Wut und Liebe” tells the story of Noah, an artist in his early thirties, whose girlfriend Camilla leaves him – for rational reasons. Her salary barely covers two, her dreams demand more. Noah wants to win her back – no matter the cost. When an older lady offers him a dubious but promising way to earn money, he faces a decision that challenges both his moral beliefs and his conception of love. Following the audience success of “Melody” (over 400,000 copies sold), Martin Suter presents “Wut & Liebe” at the peak of his creative powers – narratively precise, contemporary yet timeless. The staged reading with accompanying discussion is not only a showcase of his work but an invitation to meet – between the author, ensemble, and audience.
An evening of rare intensity – literary, sensual, and exceptional in every respect.
Martin Suter
Martin Suter was born in 1948 in Zurich. His novels (including “Melody” and “The Last Weynfeldt”) and the “Business Class Stories” are also international successes. Since 2011, the gentleman thief Allmen has been solving his cases in his own crime series, with seven volumes currently available. In 2022, André Schäfer's film “Alles über Martin Suter. Außer die Wahrheit” premiered at the Locarno Film Festival. For several years, the author has been running the website martin-suter.com. He lives in Zurich with his daughter.
Katja Riemann
Katja Riemann, born and raised near Bremen, is one of the most well-known German actresses. She has appeared in films such as “Bandits” (1997), “Rosenstraße” (2003), “A Fleeting Horse” (2007), and “Fack ju Göhte” 1 to 3 (2013-2017), for which she has received numerous awards, including the Coppa Volpi, the German Film Award, the Bambi, and the Adolf Grimme Award. For the soundtrack of the film “Bandits,” which she wrote together with Jasmin Tabatabai and Nicolette Krebitz, she received a Gold Record. She is a UNICEF ambassador and received the Federal Cross of Merit and the Bad Iburg Courage Prize in 2010 for her engagement. In 2020, her non-fiction book on humanitarian work “Jeder hat. Niemand darf. Projektreisen” was published, in 2024 her book “Zeit der Zäune. Orte der Flucht,” and in 2025 her first novel “Nebel und Feuer.”
Caroline Peters
Caroline Peters, born in 1971, is among the most important German actresses. After studying acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Saarbrücken, she was a member of the ensemble at the most prestigious theaters, including the Berliner Schaubühne and the Vienna Burgtheater. Caroline Peters has starred in numerous film and television productions, such as the ARD series “Mord mit Aussicht” or Sönke Wortmann’s “The First Name,” and has received numerous accolades, including the Adolf Grimme Award and the Bavarian Television Award, the German Acting Award, and the Nestroy Theater Award. In 2016 and 2018, she was chosen as Actress of the Year by the magazine “Theater heute.”
Linda Zervakis
Linda Zervakis is from Hamburg with Greek roots. Her parents came to Germany in the 1960s. She worked as a copywriter and at various radio stations before moving to NDR television. She became known to a broad audience as the host of the main edition of the ARD Tagesschau. On ProSieben, she co-hosted the show “Zervakis & Opdenhövel. Live” with Matthias Opdenhövel. Additionally, she hosted the Spotify Original Podcast “Gute Deutsche.” She has published several books, including the SPIEGEL bestseller “Königin der Bunten Tüte” and “Etsikietsi.” Since 2025, Linda Zervakis has been hosting the ProSieben satire show “Fake News” as well as various documentaries. She also presents the political podcast “Berlin Code” weekly from the ARD headquarters in Berlin.
Bettina Rust
Bettina Rust is profound, eloquent, and humorous. With intelligence and interest, she has become perhaps the most skilled and talented interviewer in entertainment. Since 2002, she has hosted the European Podcast Award-winning talk format “Hörbar Rust” on Radio Eins, where she explores the biographies of celebrities through formative songs. In the podcast “Toast Hawaii,” she talks with prominent guests about the food of their lives. In 2024, she toured with “Toast Hawaii Live.” As a television presenter, Bettina has hosted her own talk and documentary formats, including “Talk der Woche,” “0137 Night Talk,” “Playlist – sound of my life,” and “Stadt, Rad, Hund” for several ARD broadcasters, Sat.1, or Tele5. With her unique and distinctive voice, she also regularly works as a speaker. Her book “Berlin - Lieblingsorte” was published in Suhrkamp | Insel-Verlag in 2018. Her second book “Das Essen meines Lebens” was released in 2022 by Gräfe und Unzer.
Nora Zukker
Nora Zukker is the literary editor for the Tages-Anzeiger and its partner titles from Tamedia. In addition to her journalistic work, she regularly moderates events in the fields of culture and society and was named “Cultural Journalist of the Year” in 2023.
Dirk Stermann
Born in 1965 in Duisburg, he has lived in Vienna since 1987. He is one of the most popular cabaret performers and television presenters in Austria, well-known in Germany through television and radio shows, as well as films and stage programs with Christoph Grissemann as the duo Stermann & Grissemann. Since May 2007, he has co-hosted the weekly late-night show “Willkommen Österreich.” With his novels “Six Austrians Among the First Five” (2010), “Thrust in Heaven” (2013), “The Boy Gets the Good Last” (2016), “The Hammer” (2019), and “Maksym” (2022), Dirk Stermann has successfully established himself among German-speaking fiction authors. In 2016, “Die Welt” stated: “A funny German media star who should be taken seriously as an Austrian novelist.” In October 2023, his new novel “I’m Fine, If Not Today, Then Tomorrow” was published about the psychoanalyst Erika Freeman.
Admission: 7:00 PM
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
Christian A. Schröder (ChristianSchd), Theater am Aegi theater Aegidientorplatz Hannover Germany, CC BY-SA 4.0
