A young woman lives in a house, which is way too big for her, in the shadow of a triangular mountain. When a guest turns up, she takes him in without hesitation. He arouses her curiosity, but also quickly falls victim to her inquisitorial fantasies of power. The Basel-based author Ariane Koch focuses on this primal scene of an interpersonal encounter and promptly received numerous awards for her debut novel. Her parable-like story not only highlights our behavior towards strangers, it also paints a wonderfully funny and at the same time profound picture of Swiss self-restraint. Placing high value on the actual text, Marie Bues stages the narrative as a polyphonic choral piece—who is imposing on whom? This theater piece about imposing on a guest will be performed in German with English surtitles.
Tickets are CHF 30-65 for adults and CHF 10 for those under age 30.

Website
theater-basel.ch/en/dieaufdraengung

Where
Schauspielhaus Theater Basel
Steinentorgasse 7
4051 Basel

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