Noch wach?

In Berlin, a young woman has a new job at a major television station. Everything is good. The new boss is great, the future a bright promise. Especially late at night, when a text message flashes up on her cell phone screen: "Still awake?". In Los Angeles, in the garden of the legendary Chateau Marmont hotel, a writer is trying to write a romance novel, but isn't really getting anywhere. He meets Rose McGowan, an actress who is rumored to have recently become somewhat tiring because she complains about old power structures and a tangible abuse of power. She leaves the writer a cryptic message - or is it rather an assignment? He returns to Berlin, meets the young woman who works for the big TV station and finds himself in the middle of a confusing situation that plunges him into a deep personal conflict.

After Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre's "Panikherz", Christopher Rüping directs the world premiere of "Noch wach?" at the Thalia Theater. His works are always interrogations of the present and tackle contemporary themes in a wide variety of forms and very free approaches. Most recently, he staged Thomas Köck's climate trilogy "Paradise" and the novel "Breasts and Eggs" by Mieko Kawakami at the Thalia Theater.

Duration: 3:10h, including one intermission
World premiere September 8, 2023, Thalia Theater