Andreas Liebmann

explodiert
- vorschlag für einen theaterabend -
6 - 8 Schauspieler (Mehrfachbesetzungen sind notwendig)
UA: 25.01.2009 · Burgtheater Wien, Vestibül · Directed by: Cornelia Rainer
This is a family of musicians. The mother has had an offer which will allow her to go to Mongolia for a month or two, not as much money as you might think, but the father supports her. But no sooner is she gone that his world falls apart, and he feels that nothing is holding him back any more. He conspires with his daughters and tells the mother clrealy on the phone that she does not need to come back. The mother will now be rejected.
He then goes on a trip to Sicily - in search of something original which he believes he has lost. Since his daughter Anna does not accept his solo departure, she travels with him.
The play works with strong cuts between scenes and frequent changes of position which are attained and signaled by the language. It shows a family that is so strongly joined together that a small change shifts everything. It asks how much we really belong to our nearest and dearest, and to what extent we can be individuals within an enduring and strong connection to others. All the people in the play are struggling with the pressure to be somebody, but without knowing exactly how they can know anything at all. In this way, they seek out their paths: together with a romantic partner, in the tearing out of fixed structures, in search of the essence of music. At the end of the play, the people are dispersed throughout the world, or dead. Their old home has torn them apart, but what has replaced them? (Andreas Liebmann)

explodiert was presented under the title die toten von heilbronn at the workshop days of the Burgtheater Vienna in 2007.