
Birthday Candles
by Noah Haidle
German by Barbara Christ
Ernestine Ashworth moves between the ages of 17 to 107 during which she is a daughter, sweetheart, wife, mother, friend, aunt, mother-in-law, widow, second wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She wants to find her place in the universe, become a different woman from her mother and reach her full potential. But things turn out quite differently from how she plans. Only one thing is certain: every year she bakes a cake, following the same recipe, for each of her birthdays. 90 years and 90 cakes with which her former expectations, dreams and hopes return in the questions of her children and grandchildren’s lives."Eggs, butter, sugar, salt. Quite humdrum ingredients. But if you look far enough, you’ll see atoms that have been there since creation," it says in Noah Haidle’s generational piece for twelve roles and a goldfish. In a humorous and moving way, Birthday Candles tells the story of a life vision, its ups and downs and the power of love that connects the past, present and future.
Ernestine Ashworth moves between the ages of 17 to 107 during which she is a daughter, sweetheart, wife, mother, friend, aunt, mother-in-law, widow, second wife, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She wants to find her place in the universe, become a different woman from her mother and reach her full potential. But things turn out quite differently from how she plans. Only one thing is certain: every year she bakes a cake, following the same recipe, for each of her birthdays. 90 years and 90 cakes with which her former expectations, dreams and hopes return in the questions of her children and grandchildren’s lives."Eggs, butter, sugar, salt. Quite humdrum ingredients. But if you look far enough, you’ll see atoms that have been there since creation," it says in Noah Haidle’s generational piece for twelve roles and a goldfish. In a humorous and moving way, Birthday Candles tells the story of a life vision, its ups and downs and the power of love that connects the past, present and future.
Director Anna Bergmann
Stage set Jo Schramm
Costumes Lane Schäfer
Music Hannes Gwisdek
Video Sebastian Pircher
Dramaturgy Franziska Trinkaus
Choreography Martin Buczko
German language premiere
29 April 2022
Kammerspiele
Duration: 120 minutes, no intermission
29 April 2022
Kammerspiele
Duration: 120 minutes, no intermission
Corinna Harfouch

Alexander Khuon

Franziska Machens

Kathleen Morgeneyer

Bernd Stempel

Enno Trebs

Martin Buczko

What's on
DT Kontext: Talk and Discussion
Der Traum ist aus? Zur Geschichte und Gegenwart utopischen Denkens
guest:Tobias Brück (Journalist)
Rangfoyer
17.00 - 18.00
With English surtitles
Weltall Erde Mensch
An improbable journey by Alexander Eisenach and Ensemble
Director: Alexander Eisenach
DT Bühne
18.00 - 21.40
Performance has been cancelled
Revival
Director: Jessica Weisskirchen
Box
19.00
Revival
A DT Jung* Production
In the Hall of Mirrors (Im Spiegelsaal)
Director: Katharina Bill
Box
19:00 - 20:35
Revival
Director: Hanna Rudolph
Kammer
19.30 - 20.45