Vanya

This thrilling and extraordinary theater experience was rightly celebrated in London and New York: Tony Award® winner Simon Stephens has written a radical, new version of the masterpiece “Uncle Vanya” - for a single actor.

Chekhov's story is at the same time hilarious and painfully tragic: it is about how people interact with one another, which is characterized by fear, embarrassment and indifference, but sometimes also by compassion and loving devotion. About the hope for redemption and the dream of little happiness. Because we always have a choice and our decisions determine whether we end up with regret or love. What does it actually mean to be human in these macabre times?

Oliver Mommsen plays all the roles in the play. This creates a familiarity between actor and audience that delves deeply into the human psyche. Audience and artists become a close community. An evening full of black humor that you won't soon forget.

After Anton Pavlovich Chekhov "Uncle Vanya"
By Simon Stephens
German by Barbara Christ
Director: Felix Bachmann
Stage: Kaspar Zwimpfer
Costume: Martina Müller
Music: Dominik Dittrich

Photo: Michael Petersohn, design: Florian Dengler