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Is human nature prone to war or peace? To answer this question, Napoleon and Francis of Assisi send a declaration of war—without indicating a sender—to the small mountain republic of Dunkelstein. In no time, its inhabitants replace the motto “No more war!” with “Long live war!” Ernst Toller’s astute play Nie wieder Friede, written in exile, dissects the collapse of pacifist ideals in the face of nationalist warmongering. Helga Lázár stages this rarely performed comedy as a grotesque end-time variety show, as virtuoso puppet theater about an eternal cycle of destruction and reconciliation.

In German
For ages 14 and up

Education event on 27.9.
following the performance
Eat and Greet

Foto: Vera Éder