Die Gischt der Tage

In the organizer's words:

based on the novel by Boris Vian - translated from the French by Frank Heibert - premiere on January 18, 2025 - Schauspielhaus, Kleines Haus - Schauspiel

A story that seems to reflect the wondrous and short life of its author: Boris Vian, born in France in 1920, who loves jazz and abhors the violence of the Nazis, who - multi-talented - asserts himself as a writer, musician and engineer. Boris Vian, whom Jean-Paul Sartre stole away from his wife, who loved life with a heart condition and died of pulmonary edema at the age of 39. A story as beautiful and vulnerable as life itself:

Colin loves Chloé, and Chloé loves Colin. After their first date in the pink cloud, Jesus himself rings the wedding bells. The little mouse with the black moustache plays with the sunbeams at home, and chef Nicolas pulls the eel out of the water pipe for dinner. This could be a real love story, full of playful irony and with a happy ending. But a water lily grows inexorably in Chloé's lungs, for which there seems to be no cure. At the same time, Colin's friend Chick becomes more and more obsessed with philosophy. This not only costs him his fortune, but also his relationship with Alise, who makes a momentous decision. Meanwhile, the mouse lays its head in the cat's mouth with relish, and a lonely man fishes for water lilies.