Overview

• The new Rainald Goetz play opened on October 10 at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel’s Residenztheater, staged by Elsa-Sophie Jach at the author’s request.
• Design choices include Aleksandra Pavlović’s transparent thread curtain and Johanna Stenzel’s blue‑and‑white costumes, with live camera work and onstage tubas shaping an austere visual concept.
• Critics describe a single narrative voice assigned to six performers rather than defined roles, with the text name‑checking more than 250 people, largely older male cultural figures.
• Reviewers note a preoccupation with death and dignified dying, frequent acts of remembrance, and prominent references to the suicide of writer Wolfgang Herrndorf, with a dedication to Franz Xaver Kroetz.
• The Residenztheater ensemble draws strong notices, including for Pia Händler and the returning Steven Scharf, while assessments question the piece’s diary-like inwardness and stage suitability.