Die letzte Kommune

This article is about the play. For other uses, see Die letzte Kommune (disambiguation).

Die letzte Kommune ("The Last Commune") is a 2013 written play in German language by Peter Lund (lyrics), with music by Thomas Zaufke and was specifically written for GRIPS-Theater, Berlin. The world premiere took place there on September 21, 2013. It's a piece for three generations and was a long-running hit for the house in 2013.

Die letzte Kommune
Written by	Peter Lund
Characters	Friedrich Puhlmann Hannes Majowski Josephine Bouvier Philipp Paul Heidi Charlotte Michael Atze Georg
Date premiered	21 September 2013
Place premiered	Grips-Theater Berlin, Germany
Original language	German
Genre	play with music
Setting	2013; Berlin (Germany)

Synopsis

Drama in the house Puhlmann: Grandpa Friedrich has burned his kitchen - almost! With his 78 years, he must have in a nursing home? No, Grandpa Friedrich can not get out of his old apartment. Not for nothing he has hoarded his six-figure nest-egg in ice cream box. With this money, he starts one last great adventure and founds a municipality with his old pal, the wacker proletarian metalworker Hannes Majowski. As in the past, but very different. But then Lotte enters the stage, the granddaughter of Hannes, who wrote a seminar paper on the Kommune 1...

Ensembles and productions

Performance in Berlin (GRIPS-Cast)

September 21st 2013 to June 25th 2014

Cast

• Director: Franziska Steiof
• Choreography: Clébio Oliveira
• Drama: Henrik Adler
• Stage: Jan A. Schroeder
• Costumes: Sibylle Meyer

Actors

• Christian Giese (Hannes Majowski)
• Jumin Hoffmann (Philipp Paul)
• Dietrich Lehmann (Friedrich Puhlmann)
• Regina Lemnitz (Josephine Bouvier)
• Jens Mondalski (Michael)
• Maria Perlick (Charlotte)
• Kilian Ponert (Atze)
• René Schubert (Georg)
• Regine Seidler (Heidi)

Musicians

• Martin Fonfara (drums)
• Johannes Gehlmann (guitar)
• Robert Neumann (keys)
• Thomas Keller (sax)
• Carsten Schmelzer (bass)

Reviews

• "bridging the gap between generations" (Christian Rakow, Berliner Zeitung vom 23. September 2013)

External links

• Materials for "Die letzte Kommune" - Ein Schauspiel mit Musik von Peter Lund und Thomas Zaufke, GRIPS-Theater, 21.9.13 (PDF; 1,9 MB)