»Heilig ist nur der Schein«

In the organizer's words:

by Cornelia Molle

"Heilig ist nur der Schein" tells the story of two friends who are both hoping for the big score when playing the lottery.

A retired accountant and a former artist in his mid-50s discuss the chances and strategies of winning the lottery. With a number of digressions into their own life experiences, stories they have heard and philosophical and social views on life, the two men spit out their pessimism and reduce mental what-if scenarios to absurdity. "I don't know how much it takes to give life a turn. Life probably never really takes a turn, everything repeats itself, only the props change."

With the idea of winning the lottery, her dreams from her best years come to light, but also the bitter realization that it is sometimes too late to realize them.

With gallows humor, they comment on Oscar Wilde's "There are two tragedies in life. One is the non-fulfillment of a heart's desire. The other is its fulfillment. Of the two, the second is by far the more tragic." with "If that were true, then we'd be in the clear."

Nevertheless, they trick each other with sometimes absurd thought experiments to keep the hope of one last great adventure alive.

In the end, their pessimism turns into cheerful realization: "You know what? Being rich is the best thing that never happened to us."

Cornelia Molle's play is a cheerful, pessimistic reflection on the world, a mixture of cabaret, comedy and social criticism. It is performed by 82-year-old cabaret legend Burkhard Damrau and actor Matthias Avemarg, whose lived irrelevance, failures and flowery dreams you simply have to like.

With its themes such as fake news, dealing with old age and financial worries, the play relates to current socio-political events.

Duration: approx. 70 min.

Play: Burkhard Damrau, Matthias Avemarg

Director: Larsen Sechert

Assistant director/props/technology: Hans Pichler

Admission: 16,- / 13,- (advance booking: 13,- / 10,- plus fees at Culton Ticket and TixforGigs)