Theater evening
An old actor wakes up on stage at night. He has obviously been forgotten there after a performance. He looks back into the black hole of the deserted auditorium and his life. An old prompter appears. Due to the circumstances of her life outside, the theater has become her refuge for some time now. Now the unlikely couple will live through the night together. In their fight against loneliness and their fears, they argue, play and laugh. Along the way, they work through both their lives and encourage each other.
In addition to Anton P. Chekhov, texts by Gogol, Hauptmann, Kunze, Mühsam, Pushkin, Shakespeare and finally Heyse and Brenner themselves also have their say.
Cornelia Heyse studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and subsequently performed on many stages such as Berliner Ensemble, Theater Meiningen, Theater Schwerin, Theater Basel, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Schauspielhaus Leipzig, Deutsches Theater Berlin. Since 2001 she has been a freelancer with guest engagements at renowned German-speaking theaters. She occasionally takes on film and television roles. As an author, she has published novels and short story collections and gives her own storytelling and reading evenings.
Matthias Brenner is an actor, director, author and artistic director. He also studied at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin and is a much sought-after actor in film, television and on the theater stage. He is known for his roles in "Tatort", "Charité" and the multi-part series "Der Palast", among others. He has directed at major German theaters and was artistic director of the Neues Theater Halle for several years.
