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Behalt das Leben lieb

The World of Ben Lighthart
Based on the book by Jaap ter Haar
Adapted for the stage by Dirk Schirdewahn

Trailer: Miguel Hernández
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger, Philipp Steinheuser
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger, Philipp Steinheuser
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger, Philipp Steinheuser
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Philipp Steinheuser, Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger, Philipp Steinheuser
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Philipp Steinheuser, Fabian Stromberger, Vera Hannah Schmidtke
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Vera Hannah Schmidtke, Fabian Stromberger, Philipp Steinheuser
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Philipp Steinheuser, Fabian Stromberger
Photo: Christine Tritschler
Fabian Stromberger, Vera Hannah Schmidtke
Photo: Christine Tritschler

Beer, a 13-year-old boy, wakes up in severe pain in hospital, with a thick bandage around his head. Slowly, the memories of his serious car accident start flooding back and Beer must face a difficult reality: he is going blind.

Love and disappointment, hope and despair, pain and joy, life and death, normality and change: the play addresses universal and existential themes, and explores how a young person deals with and untimely emerges stronger from a life-changing, fateful experience.

Cast

Director Dirk Schirdewahn
Designer Lorena Díaz Stephens, Jan Hendrik Neidert
Choreography Matthew Tusa
Music & Composition Wingel Mendoza
Dramaturgy Wolfgang Behrens, Melanie Schulze
Learning & Participation Laura zur Nieden

Dates

Youth Drama | Final performance!Wartburg16:00 - 17:05