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Mayenburg Premieres 'Egal' in Berlin With Glass-Fronted Staging on Ku'damm

The self-directed play follows a modern couple’s role-switching to interrogate how equality rhetoric holds up in everyday life.

Overview

  • The Germany premiere took place at the Schaubühne’s temporary K156 space opposite the main house, using a transparent frontage that folds the Kurfürstendamm into the performance.
  • Playwright Marius von Mayenburg directs his own text, presenting an authorial look at his social milieu.
  • Marie Burchard and Stefan Stern perform as a couple that repeatedly swaps professional and domestic roles.
  • Jan Pappelbaum’s open, decorationless design removes theatrical illusion and places the audience in close proximity to the action.
  • The production runs about 100 minutes with precise pacing and humor, and early press from BILD emphasizes its provocative examination of contemporary partnership dynamics.