Frank Markus Barwasser als Erwin Pelzig - Wer wir werden

When people wake up in the morning and have to think about which crisis will be the most important today, this is not without consequences. Social psychologists now attest that we are suffering from "change exhaustion". In Frank-Markus Barwasser's new stage program, his alter ego Erwin Pelzig therefore explores the question of what the much-described "change fatigue" does to us: who we are becoming in a time of fundamental change. Humans have never liked such changes, they have always meant danger, risk and uncertainty. Realism, reason and serenity have seldom been the order of the day, and the prophets of doom and apocalyptics, who have been highly successful in exploiting the fears and aspirations of frightened people, have always had their day. But simply describing and shouting about the problems is not an option for someone like Pelzig. That's why - as always accompanied by his two friends Hartmut and Dr. Göbel - he looks for another way to deal with the crazy world. This leads him not least into the well-explored realm of brain research, into the uncharted expanses of the universe and into the world of thought of knowledgeable stoic philosophers. Erwin Pelzig: "Sometimes you might think you only have the choice of going mad or becoming religious. I have tried it. Can't recommend either".

Frank-Markus Barwasser has been performing on Germany's theater stages for over 30 years. The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote: "The voice of the blustering stoic, the pugnacious empath, the down-to-earth, reasonable man who nevertheless doesn't know everything better, the voice of the normal man who knows that he is crazy in his own way." Barwasser recently produced the nine-part series "Beim Pelzig auf der Bank" for 3SAT.