Die letzte Kommune

Die letzte Kommune ("The Last Commune") is a 2013 written play in German language by Peter Lund (lyrics), with music by Thomas Zaufke and was specifically written for GRIPS-Theater, Berlin. The world premiere took place there on September 21, 2013. It's a piece for three generations and was a long-running hit for the house in 2013.^[1]

Synopsis

Drama in the house Puhlmann: Grandpa Friedrich has burned his kitchen - almost! With his 78 years, he must have in a nursing home? No, Grandpa Friedrich can not get out of his old apartment. Not for nothing he has hoarded his six-figure nest-egg in ice cream box. With this money, he starts one last great adventure and founds a municipality with his old pal, the wacker proletarian metalworker Hannes Majowski. As in the past, but very different. But then Lotte enters the stage, the granddaughter of Hannes, who wrote a seminar paper on the Kommune 1...^[2]

Ensembles and productions

Performance in Berlin (GRIPS-Cast)

September 21st 2013 to June 25th 2014

Cast

• Director: Franziska Steiof
• Choreography: Clébio Oliveira
• Drama: Henrik Adler
• Stage: Jan A. Schroeder
• Costumes: Sibylle Meyer

Actors

• Christian Giese (Hannes Majowski)
• Jumin Hoffmann (Philipp Paul)
• Dietrich Lehmann (Friedrich Puhlmann)
• Regina Lemnitz (Josephine Bouvier)
• Jens Mondalski (Michael)
• Maria Perlick (Charlotte)
• Kilian Ponert (Atze)
• René Schubert (Georg)
• Regine Seidler (Heidi)

Musicians

• Martin Fonfara (drums)
• Johannes Gehlmann (gituar)
• Robert Neumann (keys)
• Thomas Keller (sax)
• Carsten Schmelzer (bass)

Reviews

• "bridging the gap between generations" (Christian Rakow, Berliner Zeitung vom 23. September 2013)

Notes

External links

• Materials for "Die letzte Kommune" - Ein Schauspiel mit Musik von Peter Lund und Thomas Zaufke, GRIPS-Theater, 21.9.13 (PDF; 1,9 MB)