Und sicher ist mit mir die Welt verschwunden
by Sibylle Berg
Directed by Sebastian Nübling
Maxim Gorki Theater
'I feel angry about the world or the system or myself for betraying everything I didn't believe in, or did we really once believe in saving the world? They were just lying around decoratively, the books, the feminist ones, the Marxist ones, the queer ones, they were lying around with their headlines that we didn't get beyond while we preferred to stream TV shows.'
The characters in Sibylle Berg's play relentlessly take stock of their lives – and those of an entire generation struggling with neoliberalism. The 'optimistic pessimist,' as the author calls herself, once again demonstrates her brilliance:
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