Markus Bauer

Bungalow
3 D, 2 H
frei zur UA
Roger and Sylvia have been married for so long that their son is nearly grown-up and the house tastefully luxurious. Is it still love? Maybe they’re more creatures of habit. One comes to an arrangement, living side by side, avoiding togetherness. For good reason, as Markus Bauer illustrates in his new play Bungalow.

When Sylvia discovers a pile of new-born puppies in her living room, she asks Roger to dispose of them. Immediately! This very night he is to force the crazy neighbour – who Sylvia believes to be the culprit – to remove the puppies. But after a bit of hesitation, Roger refuses. He still has to work and doesn’t have time for her, the old neighbour, the puppies or even their son, who he doesn’t even like anymore. According to Roger, Sylvia should see to it. Sylvia is horrified: bloody puppies in the living room, a sullen teenager in the children’s room and her husband, the failure, in front of her. She snaps back. The life they shared is at least helpful in landing insults.

In the middle of this verbal battlefield of these two who once loved each other, Markus Bauer lets juvenile delinquents have their say. They can’t find any words for their repulsion, but at least hope for temporary deliverance by committing a crime. This questionable salvation is withheld from Roger and Sylvia: they are too set in their charade. One must do what one must do, every morning over and over again. And upstairs, in the children’s room, someone who is silent and sullen sits and notices everything, that’s for certain.