Waiting for Beckett

Description

**Two men meet**
But now they have forgotten why they wanted to meet and wait. Then the phone rings. One answers, one goes out. When he comes back in, the other has disappeared. A piano plays by itself and a cream cake flies through the air. It lands alternately on one man's face and on the other's pants, just not where it is supposed to go. And who is actually waiting for whom? The convincing artistic team of Max Merker, Aaron Hitz and Martin Bieri, known from the guest performance "The Comic Theater of Signore Goldoni" in the 2024/25 season, are back with this fast-paced and quirky comedy "Waiting for Beckett" at Theater Chur. **Masters of Comedy**
A theater legend says that Samuel Beckett had two comedians in mind as the ideal cast for his best-known play "Waiting for Godot": Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, also known in the German-speaking world as "Dick and Doof". After the sudden death of Oliver Hardy, Laurel never made another film. Inspired by this, Max Merker and Aaron Hitz, well known for their physical and humorous style of play, bring the tradition of existential clowning to new life with their own means. Together and individually, they explore in their version "Waiting for Beckett" the tragedy of loneliness – and the possibility of overcoming it through comedy. Comedy, like life, is something that cannot be done alone: How can you throw a cream cake in your own face?

Highlights

• Fast-paced and quirky comedy
• With Max Merker and Aaron Hitz
• Inspired by Samuel Beckett's tradition of existential clowning

General Information

"Waiting for Beckett" is a comedy by the Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, performed at Theater Chur. The production addresses the tragedy of loneliness and its overcoming through comedy.

Location

Theaterplatz, 7000 Chur, Switzerland

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