© Christian Koch
Oh, this gap, this terrible gap
Theater Eurodistrict BAden ALsace
7 to 9 p.m.
Following the success of “Alte Sorten”, Theater Baden Alsace is now bringing the third part of Joachim Meyerhoff’s novel cycle “Alle Toten fliegen hoch” to the stage. In “Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke”, the play tells a funny and touching story of an interim period full of ruptures, longings and bizarre moments.
Young Joachim moves in with his grandparents in Munich to attend the Otto Falckenberg acting school. Between whiskey, theater lessons and a chaotic coming-of-age, a tragicomic story about failure and growth unfolds.
In the stage version for six performers, Meyerhoff’s narrative voice is distributed across
several characters. The ensemble switches masterfully between roles, moods and time periods, bringing the beauty of the novel to life.
Contributors
Tom E. Salminen
Joachim
Christoph Hüllstrung Joachim’s grandfather, Alexander, Etienne
Diana Zöller
Joachim’s grandmother, Maria Fernandez
Lissy Blume
Sabrina, Veronica, Regina, Marthe von Ohlbrecht, a nurse, a policewoman, an employment agency worker
Lena Sophie Knapp
Gretchen Kinski, Agnes, Florett Opi, Eine Krankenschwester, Eine Regisseurin aus, Ungarn, Gisela Marder, Irmgard Köster
Daniel Schmidt
The theater director, Gernot, Joachim’s father, Larry
Program
Based on the novel by Joachim Meyerhoff in a theater version by Edzard Schoppmann.
BACKSTAGE
Edzard Schoppmann
Director and stage manager
Diana Zöller
Costumes
Martin Bernhart
Stage construction
Thomas Appenzeller, Georg Hottmann, Simon Baumann Lighting and sound engineering
William Sánchez H.
Choreography
Andreas Heideker
Musical rehearsals
Marie Heid, Malin Spletzer
Assistant director
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.