Translated by David Tushingham
Christmas Eve. Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy. Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays. Which is awkward. Not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train. And now she’s invited him around for drinks...
Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through the UK premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s razor-sharp comedy.
Previous plays include
The Golden Dragon and
Arabian Night both presented by Actors Touring Company.
Schimmelpfennig is the most performed playwright in Germany and one of the country’s most exciting original voices, with productions of his work worldwide in over 40 countries.
“ATC produces work that inspires me to reconsider what a play can be and what theatre can do. Magical.” Simon Stephens
Tuesday 7 February: post-show Meet the Cast event. Click
here to book tickets.
An
Orange Tree Theatre and
Actors Touring Company co-production. Translation funded by the Goethe-Institut London.
Roland Schimmelpfennig © Heike Steinweg
Roland Schimmelpfennig
Award-winning playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig is one of the most exciting voices in European drama. He has worked as a journalist, translator and dramaturg, and is currently writer in residence at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Schimmelpfennig's widely performed plays include
Vorher/Nachher, Push Up, Vor Ianger Zeit im Mai, MEZ, Keine Arbeit für die junge Frau im Frühlingskleid, Fisch um Fisch and
Aus den Städten in die Wälder, Aus den Wäldern in die Städte.
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