AUS DER ZEIT

Description

Berlin in summer 1933: The National Socialists, in power since January, pursue their political opponents with relentless severity. Amidst this chaos, the notorious Gestapo arrests the young Aargau woman Lili Glarner. She is accused of spying on German military installations for a communist resistance cell. While she writes increasingly desperate letters to her mother in Wildegg during her 15-month detention, her father Paul Glarner mobilizes all official and unofficial means to secure her release... "Aus der Zeit" is an approach to the life of a young woman who, emerging from the orderly Switzerland, finds herself in the midst of world-historical upheavals and risks being overwhelmed by them. The letters and documents underlying the production shed light on a deeply unsettled country and are also surprisingly topical. © Elisa Sofia Theiler © Elisa Sofia Theiler Audience discussion After the performance on November 19, 2026, we invite you to a discussion. Participants will include Elisabeth Flück-Zschokke, one of Lili Glarner's daughters, and a historian from the University of Basel. Press SRF Regional Journal Aargau: "How an Aargau woman came into the sights of the Nazis", December 2025 Radio Kanal K: "Theater Tip: Aus der Zeit. A Trace Search", December 2025 arttv: "A Swiss woman in the clutches of the National Socialists", December 2025 Participants and additional information: Play: Nathalie Imboden Concept, text, direction: Peter JakobKelting Set design: Susanne Boner Video: Andreas Bächli Light / Technical: Jens Seiler Language: German Age: from 16 years Duration: 80 minutes without intermission A cooperation with Stadtmuseum Aarau and Bühne Aarau, in the studio