“The most exciting new play I've seen in years” Sunday Express
Nominated for 4 Off West End Awards – Best Production, Best New Play, Best Director, Best Actor (Dominic Rowan)
“Nazism comes knocking: German playwright probes the lure of fascism”
Read the Guardian's interview with Roland Schimmelpfennig
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
Estimated running time 1 hour 50 minutes, no interval
Production photos by Stephen Cummiskey
An Orange Tree Theatre and Actors Touring Company co-production
This translation was commissioned by Actors Touring Company with the support of the Goethe-Institut London
Nicholas Le Prevost
Laura Rogers
Dominic Rowan
Milo Twomey
