Scene from the BAAL Theater

© Theater Eurodis­trict BAden-ALsace

Oh, this gap, this terrible gap

Theater Eurodis­trict BAden ALsace

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Young Joachim moves into his grand­par­ents’ stately villa in Munich to attend the renowned Otto Falck­en­berg acting school. Between copious amounts of whiskey enjoyed with his grand­par­ents and disturbing acting lessons, a ludicrous coming-of-age story full of ruptures and longings unfolds — carried by bizarre moments, tragi­comic depth and great tender­ness for failure. A decla­ra­tion of love to the theater, to life, to our grand­par­ents — and to the gap that remains when nothing stays as it once was.

Contrib­u­tors

With: Lissy Blume, Christoph Hüll­strung, Tom E. Salminen, Lena Sophie Knapp, Daniel Schmidt

Edzard Schopp­mann

Direction and stage

Diana Zöller

Costumes

Program

Based on the novel by Joachim Meyerhoff in a theater version by Edzard Schopp­mann.

Premiere in March 2026