Oskar und die Dame in Rosa

A production of Ensemble La Vie e.V., Munich:

OSKAR AND THE LADY IN PINK

by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, translated from the French by Annette and Paul Bäcker

adapted for the stage by René Rothe

with Helga Werner and Benjamin Hirt

Direction and set: René Rothe

Ten-year-old Oskar has leukemia and knows that he will not live much longer.

"Egghead" is what the other children in the hospital call him. But that's just a nickname and doesn't hurt much. What's worse is that his parents are afraid to talk to him about the truth. Then Madame Rosa gives him the idea to think about everything that moves him - in 13 letters to God. Unsentimental and unflinching, Oskar's letters tell of love, pain, joy and loss. In just a few days, he miraculously experiences an entire human life.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one of the most widely read and performed French-language authors in the world today. Born in 1960, Schmitt, who was educated at the elite Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris and holds a doctorate in philosophy, first became known as a playwright with his play "The Visitor." The play becomes a classic in the repertoire of theaters around the world. Other successful plays quickly followed. Celebrated by audiences and critics alike, Schmitt is awarded several "Molière" and the "Grand Prix du Théâtre" of the Académie française for his work. His books are now translated into forty-three languages, and his plays are regularly performed in over fifty countries. Schmitt is also successful for the cinema and as an opera translator. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt lives in Brussels.

The author Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is represented by the agency Dominique Christophe, Paris, in cooperation with Theaterverlag Desch, Berlin.

www.theater-verlag-desch.de

Funded by the Verband freie Darstellende Künste Bayern e.V. as part of the resumption funding of the "Förderpaket Freie Kunst 2023" with funds from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts.

Photos: Dominik Weinmann

All dates:

Fri., 09/29/2023 at 8 p.m.

Sat., 30.09.2023 at 8 p.m.

Fri, 01.12.2023 at 8 pm

Sat., 02.12.2023 at 8 pm