Blind

Description

After the death of his wife, Richard lives isolated in a strictly guarded gated community. He dismissed his longtime housekeeper without any apparent reason. Now he holds his only daughter Helen responsible for taking care of him, as he becomes increasingly in need of care. There was a long silence between father and daughter, as more separates them than connects them. Richard neither respects Helen's idealistic professional view as a lawyer nor the choice of her husband, a Black intellectual. Helen, in turn, accuses her father of avoiding the challenges of a changing society, where questions of gender justice and racism are consciously considered. During one of the daughter's brief visits, the electric shutters suddenly close automatically – as planned in case of a robbery. Father and daughter are forced to endure together.
"How should we live together?" asks the most performed Dutch playwright Lot Vekemans in her new play, hitting the nerve of the times. She shows in a very human way the seemingly irreconcilable attitudes that cause dissent and conflict in many families and circles of friends.
○"A clever, touching theater evening at the right time ... here two brilliant actors know exactly what they are doing." Donaukurier
Blind | Residenztheater Munich WITH Juliane Köhler, Manfred Zapatka
DIRECTOR Matthias Rippert
STAGE Fabian Liszt
COSTUMES Alfred Morina
MUSIC Robert Pawliczek
LIGHT Markus Schadel
DRAMATURGY Almut Wagner

Highlights

• With Juliane Köhler and Manfred Zapatka
• Directed by Matthias Rippert
• Addresses social conflicts between father and daughter

General Information

The play "Blind" by Lot Vekemans deals with the complex relationship between a father and his daughter in a changing society. The production at the Kurtheater Baden vividly portrays the confrontation with themes such as gender justice and racism.

Location

Parkstrasse 20, 5400 Baden, Switzerland

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