Davon geht die Welt nicht unter - die 20er Jahre sind jetzt!

At night in an artist's apartment in Berlin.

In one apartment, the aspiring writer Emil Henneberger struggles with the adversities and temptations of his time and his landlady in the 1920s, while in the other apartment, the singer Sissi Schmidt and her pianist Henriette "Henry" Bauch rehearse for their lives in the 2020s. All three have the goal of conquering the boards that mean the world. To do so, however, they must first insist on the theater director's salon, which is soon - very soon!

Berlin salons are legendary. This is where the world is negotiated. Celebrities meet promising unknowns, intellect meets charisma, glamor meets wit. The audience is part of this illustrious society.

The salon is also the place where Emil, Sissi and Henry meet and the 1920s oscillate with the 2020s.

A fast-paced game of conundrums begins, in which our three heroes play against time and the impossibility of abandonment. They stare fate deep in the eye, counter it with their humor and hurl snappy songs between its legs. Love flourishes between them like a defiant thistle.

Dialogues in which the shreds fly, fast-paced scene changes, brash mother wit, biting cabaret and sparkling music: Erich Kästner, Kurt Tucholsky, Claire Waldoff, Billy Wilder - the great humorists of the time were unmistakably the inspiration for this play and would have had a lot of fun with this turbulent theatrical pleasure, which celebrates the golden 1920s and yet is still bang up to date.

Fast-paced theater with music!

"Surprisingly different" was the appreciative verdict of the chief dramaturge of Theater Vorpommern after the premiere on 26 July 2024. One audience member commented: "My wife dragged me along. I didn't want to at first. Another 20s revue, I thought. But this is different. I was totally thrilled." Another audience member thought the production was "brave" and the words "great", "I laughed my head off", "what beautiful songs", but also "frightening" kept coming up. During the interval, a group of young theatergoers were already talking about the topicality of the play : "I didn't know that. It really made me think" and decided "You have to go to the theater more often."