Einfach das Ende der Welt

* 58. Berliner Theatertreffen *
* Production of the Year 2021 (Theater heute) *
* Benjamin Lillie Actor of the Year 2021 *
* Maja Beckmann Actress of the Year 2021 *
* Nestroy-Preis 2021: Best German-Language Performance *

After twelve years, a young gay man returns to his family. He has not been heard from for twelve years, has become a successful artist in the big city in the meantime and has distanced himself in heart and mind from his family, who still live in the small town. Whether it is possible to reconnect; whether years of no contact soften or harden the judgement of each other; whether the years spent together weigh more heavily than the years of being away from each other - together with the actors Maja Beckmann, Nils Kahnwald, Ulrike Krumbiegel, Benjamin Lillie and Wiebke Mollenhauer, director Christopher Rüping delves into the drama of family in the huge Schiffbau-Halle.

Einfach das Ende der Welt is the first part of Christopher Rüping's family trilogy, in which he and his respective ensemble question the construct of the family in the 21st century in three independent works - without any claim to completeness. This work can now be seen in Berlin. The second part of the family trilogy Brüste und Eier based on Mieko Kawakami was created in 2022 at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg. The third part, Trauer ist das Ding mit Federn by Max Porter, will run at Schauspielhaus Bochum from March 2024.