Theater im Rathaus, Essen · 2021

Weihnachten auf dem Balkon

Christmas at last – the festival of love, of promises and of hopes of salvation. Christmas Eve is in full swing for two families living next door to each other. But instead of cosy peace and comfortable togetherness, the evening turns into a nightmare of middle-class harmony. The venue: the balcony at home. Two families, two balconies, plenty of potential for conflict…

A frazzled housewife, a happy expectant mother, a formidable mother-in-law, two pairs of completely different brothers, a stubborn child, a teenage goth, a fake doctor, a real butcher, a grandfather and, of course, a rather eccentric Father Christmas turn the family abysses into a highly entertaining spectacle for the audience…

And the special twist: twelve different roles but only six actors, who have to change their outfits in a flash, fuel the merry chaos even further.

25 Nov 2021 – 26 Dec 2021 at the Theater im Rathaus, Essen
Comedy by Gilles Dyrek
Directed by Marcus Ganser
Cast: Markus Majowski, Jens Hartwig, Simone Pfennig, Frank Büssing, Claus Thull-Emden, Cynthia Thurat