Wenn wir einander ausreichend gequält haben

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90 minutes - No break
A woman and a man. Has he kidnapped her? Is he holding her against her will? Or is it a game? And if so, which of the two will win? Even the addition of further characters - a housekeeper and two girls - does not create clear conditions. On the contrary: there are obviously no certainties here. And the rules of the game are only there to be undermined again with relish in the next moment. The British playwright Martin Crimp has written twelve variations on an encounter in which the boundaries between power and powerlessness are constantly shifting. With abysmal wit and sharp powers of observation, he reveals the contradictions in gender relations and shows how centuries-old power structures are imprinted and live on - even if only as a parody.
When we have tortured each other enough A woman and a man. Has he kidnapped her? Is he holding her against her will? Or is it a game? And if so, which of the two will win it? Even the addition of other people - a housekeeper and two girls - does not create a clear situation. On the contrary: there are obviously no certainties here. And the rules of the game are only there to be undermined again with relish in the next moment. The British playwright Martin Crimp has written twelve variations on an encounter in which the boundaries between power and powerlessness are constantly shifting. With profound wit and sharp observation, he reveals the contradictions in gender relations and shows how centuries-old power structures are imprinted and live on - even if it is only as a parody. Director Thomas Jonigk, whose last performance was BRUDER EICHMANN, brings the play to the stage of Depot 2 as a German-language premiere. Press commentary "An extremely funny, varied evening with excellent actors, which offers many a surprise. Rightly stormy applause. Absolutely worth seeing." Theater Pur "The Cologne production finds for this with a strong, precisely acting ensemble the adequate images from concrete figures and nightmarish vague figures." Die deutsche Bühne "Here happens once again what last made KÖNIG LEAR so worth seeing, where one had the feeling that the whole ensemble was performing at its best to give Martin Reinke the space in which to deliver his masterpiece." Kölnische Rundschau This content has been machine translated.