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Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through the UK premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig's razor-sharp comedy.

Hans, the caretaker of a building, has gone to investigate why the water has run dry above floor eight. Fatina, the lodger, awaits her lover, Kalil, who is mysteriously trapped between floor in an elevator. Franziska, the dreamy amnesiac falls asleep each night before the sun sets and forgets her day every day. And Peter, the romantic voyeur, trespasses through unlocked doors expecting what he finds.

Dea Loher is one of the most powerful and individual voices in German theatre today. This volume brings together three of her plays, translated into English.
Olga's Room
Communist. Jew. Revolutionary. Lover. Mother. Olga Benario's story is a searing tale of survival as alongside her fellow prisoners she struggles to hold onto her disintegrating sense of self. Based on real events of the 1930s-40s, Dea Loher's gripping first play spans Brazilian revolution and Nazi dictatorship.
Innocence
A city by the sea. 14 people on the edge. Illegal immigrants...

Falk Richter's gripping play examines state control and self control and how the civic dream can turn into an Orwellian nightmare.

A married couple live in what appears to be an ideal neighbourhood, protected from the dangers of the outside world. But what happens when this utopian world becomes a new form of prison?

Roland Schimmelpfennig is the most performed contemporary German playwright. This collection demonstrates the breadth and formal innovation of his writing.
The Animal Kingdom depicts the unremitting battle for human survival in a merciless environment: the theatre.
Peggy Pickit Sees the Face of God has been likened to a post-colonial Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Here two doctors who have returned from Africa reveal the true cost of their failure to combat a terrible and frightening disease.
Idomeneus is a narrative play written...