Lorenz Langenegger

Nordwärts is about longing and wanderlust, but also about fate and self-determination. Two brothers are on the road in Scandinavia. After the death of their mother, they are looking for their father—and they end up finding themselves.

"The North Pole was the summit of all desires, the mother placed everything else below this goal. She took detours, made compromises to realize her life. Nevertheless, everything was different than she had imagined. She fell in love with the Norwegian forests, became pregnant and had to decide between the north and her family. The North Pole remained a dream. Her diary was the only thing holding onto that dream. Before the eyes of her twin sons, however, she made the dream come true, recalled and narrated never-lived adventures, and even gave a special aura to the father’s absence from the family.
The brothers have different end goals, but even this is the result of their emancipation: ... Robert frees himself from the father-image shaped by his mother and looks for family connections of his own. Thomas asks questions about his mother's longings and disappointments, and along the way finds another goal: the North Pole itself, the destination of his mother. " (Announcement Theater at the Sihl, Zurich)

"In doing so, Langenegger succeeds in never becoming moralizing or heavy. The text skillfully intersperses different layers of time ... the short sentences are clearly set. The play begs for an abstract production.” (Tages-Anzeiger)