Dunkel lockende Welt

Cast

2F / 1M

First scene: A flat in Leipzig. Corinna, a young doctor, moves out. She wants to travel to Peru to join up with her boyfriend. During the handover of the apartment keys, the landlord Joachim embroils her in a conversation until his eye falls on a strange object – in the corner of the apartment lies a small, human toe. Second scene: Corinna’s mother Mechthild’s apartment in Munich. Corinna has travelled here instead of to Peru. In the middle of Mechthild’s ongoing monologue Corinna asks her to fetch the toe, the only thing that still ties her to Leipzig. Third scene: Building site. Joachim’s house is sinking into rubble. On an improvised bed under the skylight, Mechthild and Joachim draw close to each other and continue the conversation that was interrupted by Corinna’s departure. In the corner, the cat chokes up a small bone.

World premiere
1.2.2006 Münchner Kammerspiele (Director: Sebastian Nübling)

Translations
Catalan: Aquest món de fosca atracció (Translator: Eduard Bartoll)
Czech: Temnì lákavý svìt (Translator: Petr Štědroň)
Czech premiere 03.10.07 Divadlo Komedie (Praszke komorni divadlo), Prag (Director: Katharina Schmitt)
French: Le charme obscur d’un continent (Translator: Henri Christophe)
Polish: Ciemny kuszący świat (Translators: Mateusz Borowski / Malogorzata Sugiera)
Slovak: Temne lákavý svet (Translator: Jana Cviková)
Slovak premiere 31.1.09, Divadlo Jana Palarika, Trnava (Director: Viktor Kollár)
Spanish: Un Lugar de Oscura Atracción (Translator: Margit Schmohl)
Swedish: Mörk lockande värld (Translator: Marc Matthiesen)

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