Die Präsidentinnen

In the organizer's words:

by Werner Schwab
Director: Viktor Bodo

Erna, Grete and Mariedl uninhibitedly and shamelessly pour out their frustration with the world on each other in their middle-class kitchen-living room. Between abortion fantasies, papal broadcasts and dachshund love, they spin their reality, and the lusty linguistic attacks, peppered with resentment and bigotry, are both a horizon and a cheap, colorful funfair. However, they prefer to sweep their own dirt under the carpet - until finally Mariedl, the youngest of the three ladies, confronts her colleagues with the truth of existence. But none of them can stand so much reality ...

Werner Schwab dissects the world of the little people in a profound, bitterly evil and mercilessly funny way in his faecal drama, which has long since become a modern classic: "These are people who believe they know everything and are in control of everyone. A form of megalomania. I come from a family of presidents." The Hungarian director recently staged Kafka's "The Castle" and "33 Variations on Haydn's Skull. A contemporary revue" by Péter Esterházy and Karl Ove Knausgård's novel "The Morning Star" to the stages of the SchauSpielHaus.

The premiere took place on 3/11/2018 in the MalerSaal of the Deutsches SchauSpielHaus. In December 2022, the production moved to the Grosses Haus.

With: Lina Beckmann, Ute Hannig and Bettina Stucky

Director: Viktor Bodo
Stage: Ildi Tihanyi
Costumes: Fruzsina Nagy
Music: Klaus von Heydenaber
Video: Marek Luckow Marek Luckow
Souddesign: Gábor Keresztes
Lighting: Andreas Juchheim
Dramaturgy: Sybille Meier and Anna Veress

Further information: The Presidents | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg