Renitenz-Ensemble

An unconscious man, two eloquent sisters and an evening in which nothing remains as it seems. A satirical play for Stuttgart leads into the middle of a mixed bag of attitudes, half-truths and secrets - between parking bans, party profiles and personal responsibility.

Central questions of our time are negotiated: How much attitude fits into a 30 km/h zone? Who is allowed to be loud - and who is wrong? The production combines personal perspectives with mobility issues and also focuses on how mobile we are in our opinions.

Between sitcom tempo and depth, the result is a mixture of crime parody and urban observation - clever, sharp-tongued and wonderfully uncomfortable. Stuttgart recognizes itself in the rear-view mirror of transport policy. And perhaps the audience will too.

The German-Swiss duo Elisabeth Hart and Rhaban Straumann have written a multi-layered play for the Renitenztheater as satirists in residence; an observation from the outside that sometimes hurts, but is also a declaration of love.

In an interview with the Stuttgarter Zeitung, Elisabeth Hart summarizes the core of the play as follows:
"It's a thriller, the focus is on finding the truth: What happened? Who is to blame? Who did or failed to do what?"

The pair's view of the city changed during their on-site research: "Normally we just drive on, but now we've been able to break down our prejudices. That's a huge quality if you don't sit on them," says Rhaban Straumann, praising the idea of the residency. Stuttgart is not love at first sight, says the duo, but it is a cool city. "Something is happening there."

Play: Angela Neis, Ismael Boerner and Magdalena Ganter
Music: Mackefisch (Lucie Mackert and Peter Fischer)
Director: Annika Schäfer
Set design: Tom Schellmann
Production: Renitenztheater
Support Book: Manuel Gübeli
Book: Hart auf Hart (Elisabeth Hart and Rhaban Straumann)