A clear case for the emergency bubbly: Benny is going to New York for a year as a guest lecturer - his share of the flat share in the 200-square-metre old building paradise has to be sublet. He wants to contribute to the current social changes and make the room available to refugees. The carousel of thoughts of the four remaining stucco lovers immediately picks up speed. Will they still be able to move freely and naked through the apartment? How long will they enjoy the "southern" joie de vivre? And couldn't they document their cohabitation in an artistic project? Benny's fellow tenants quickly become entangled in questionable considerations. They fear the loss of feminist achievements, accuse each other of pathological Arab hatred and praise the delicious Syrian food across the board - until at some point the Turkish social worker Achmed appears in the shared kitchen and turns the discussion in a completely new direction.
Germany's most frequently performed contemporary playwrights Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nemitz have a keen eye for our sensitivities and fears. They are well known to the people of Karlsruhe. Most recently, they wrote the libretto for the opera Wahnfried. Their comedy Topping-out ceremony delighted audiences for three seasons from 2013. Nicolai Sykosch, an expert in comedies, is bringing back The Cripple of Inishmaan brings great acting theater to the stage again.
