Ellen Babic

Astrid is a teacher and is living with Klara, her significantly younger partner, when one evening her superior Balderkamp announces a visit to their shared apartment. It's supposed to be an informal meeting, perhaps over a glass of wine, but Klara doesn't trust it. After all, he still teaches at the school where she met Astrid when she was still a student. On that evening, the separation of professional and private, past and present, is increasingly proving to be an illusion. And then there is Ellen Babić...

A psychological crime story about the fine web of interpersonal dependencies, shaken certainties, misuse of power and about the dynamics that affect all of our relationships.

The plays by author and director Marius von Mayenburg are characterized by the psychological accuracy of their dialogues, the situational comedy, and the timeliness and severity of the conflicts negotiated in them. With “Ellen Babić”, a text by him can now be seen for the first time at the Berliner Ensemble. A co-production with Theater Winterthur.