Beavers or Life in the Wild

Doors open: 19:00

An elderly man, who appears to be suffering from dementia, has been living alone in his house since his wife’s death. His two adult children are worried about him, but have little time to look after their father. His daughter Zizi is under constant stress due to her career, and his son Tomo is overwhelmed by the demands of his family. So the two of them – initially against their father’s wishes – hire a carer from Slovakia. As she gets on increasingly well with their father and encourages him to join a beaver conservation club, to which he makes generous donations, Zizi and Tomo become suspicious. And one suspects that their father is not nearly as senile or hard of hearing as his children believe.

‘Biber’ is a humorous play about old age and the place of the elderly in family and society. And it is a satire on the notion of inheritance.

A nanny for Dad? Do you think that’s a good idea?

starring Robert Baranowski, Eleni Haupt, Beren Tuna, Monika Varga
Script: Myriam Prongué
Director: Ursina Greuel
External advisor: Sibylle Burkart
Set design: Cornelia Peter
Lighting / Technical: Tashi-Yves Dobler López
sogar Production
Co-production: Matterhorn Produktionen
Photos: Xenia Zezzi

in Standard German
Duration: 70 mins.

Guest performance in cooperation with the Wetzikon City Office for the Elderly