20.11.2021

(20. November)

Cast

1 actor

When in November 2006, a young student injured five teachers and fellow students at the Geschwister-Scholl School in Emsdetten with his bullets, before taking his own life, he posted his notes on the internet. This material is the basis for Lars Norén's monologue. But despite staying close to the facs, November 20 is no factual report. As eloquently as he is intense, Norén’s protagonist tells of the life of a outsider, of being bullied in school, of overburdened teachers, small and big humiliations. Norén's text draws the portrait of a perpetrator, who in his powerlessness and rage can no longer be stopped by well-meaning phrases of appeasement, and appeals to reason and patience. "Norén's piece confronts us with something we would rather not know: our shared responsibility for this homicidal madness... By becoming aware to what extent our society exploits, rejects and abandons people, who then will seek revenge, makes us choke. Something got knocked out of balance, and again it is Lars Norén, whose theater of discomfort puts a finger in the wound.» (Le Soir)

World premiere
09.02.2007 Hangar St Luc / Festival de Liège (Director: Lars Norén; mit Anne Tismer) (in French)

Further translations
English (Translator: Gord Rand)
English language premiere 12.09.2015 Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto Director: Brendan Healy)
Catalan (Translator: Pere Puig Tallada)
Catalan premiere November 2009, Sala Planeta, Girona (Director: Pere Puig Tallada)German (Translator: Anne Tismer)
German language premiere 18.05.2007 Theater an der Ruhr, Mülheim / Mülheimer Theatertage NRW (Director: Lars Norén)
Greek (Translator: Thalis Stathopoulos)
Greek premiere ORIO Teatro, im Neo Kosmou Theatre, Athen, November 2009 (Director: Dimitra Arapoglou)
Romanian (Translator: Eugen Jebeleanu)
Romanian premiere 14.05.2016 Teatrul National Radu Stanca Sibiu (Director: Eugen Jebeleanu)
Portuguese (Translator: Francis Seleck/Sarah Adamopoulos)
Portuguese premiere 4. März 2011 Gruppe O Mundo do Espectáculo, Auditório Fernando Lopes Graça, Almada
Spanish (Translator: Carlos Bonfil)
Spanish language premiere August 2009, Teatro Linea de Sombra A.C. at La Gruta (Director: Alicia Laguna)
Polish (Translator: Halina Thylwe)
Polish premiere Januar/Februar 2011, Teatr Atelier, Sopot ( Director: Andre Hübner-Ochodlo)
Turkish (Translator: Serdar Biliş)
Turkish premiereNov. 20, Nilüfer Municipality Theatre, Bursa (Director: Gökhan KUM)

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