CAVEMAN – Du sammeln, ich jagen!

In the organizer's words:

With CAVEMAN, the American Rob Becker wrote the most successful solo play in Broadway history. After CAVEMAN was acclaimed by an audience of millions in the United States, the modern cave man is celebrating worldwide success. Since the summer of 2000, the cult comedy has also been thrilling everyone in Germany who is in, has been in or wants to be in a relationship.

CAVEMAN takes a unique look at the relationship between man and woman. In the "magic underwear circle", Tom, the likeable hero in the thicket of relationships, meets his ancestor from the Stone Age, who shares his millennia-old wisdom with him: Men are hunters and women are gatherers. A fact that human evolution has still not been able to change. What the average man has always suspected, Tom now knows first-hand and asks himself: "Why don't we simply regard women and men as completely different cultures? With different languages, different behaviors and different origins?" Inspired by this insight, Tom analyzes the strange universe of female collectors: This mysterious world of best friends, shopping and sex. With an immense need to communicate and a dry sense of humor and irony, Tom also observes the hunter's way of life. He reveals what fulfillment "sitting around without talking" can mean, why men have to zap through the TV program and that a conversation between hunters begins and ends with the words "Let's go into the cellar, drill things".

CAVEMAN is pure pleasure: everyone recognizes themselves, guaranteed. Couples look at each other and say "Just like you". The play is addictive, records such as "I've been to the show ten times" are not uncommon. A sparkling "one-man" spectacle with a lot of humor and depth," according to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, and the opinion of the TAZ: "The CAVEMAN is not only very true, but also very, very funny." Bild said: "Bitter truths, wrapped up in sugar-sweet packaging. Deep insights. Hilariously funny."

Original: Defending the Caveman by Rob Becker
Translation: Kristian Bader
Director: Esther Schweins
Production and performance rights: Theater Mogul GmbH