Kammerspiele #1 Eifersucht | Die Nacht der Lesben

August Strindberg attends a rehearsal of his new play – one that features his ex-wife and, to top it off, her new girlfriend. The evening turns into a psychological chamber piece in which Strindberg oscillates between rage and vulnerability, questioning his misogyny and paranoid delusions. A broken man who is, at heart, searching for understanding, yet ends up alienating everyone around him. Themes such as gender roles and power dynamics in relationships are central to the work of Markus Öhrn, a Swedish director whose award-winning productions are marked by a distinctive aesthetic: performers wear papier-mâché masks, voices are acoustically distorted, and movements are slowed down to an extreme – all delivered with sharp wit and humor.

Markus Öhrn’s “Kammerspiele” (chamber theatre) series is produced exclusively for Schauspiel Köln. DIE NACHT DER LESBEN (“Night of the Lesbians”) is the first of six episodes across five seasons until 2030 (I. Jealousy / II. Love / III. Family / IV. Dementia / V. Sickness / VI. Death). Öhrn won the Nestroy Prize Special Award in 2019 for “3 Episodes of Life” and was nominated in the “Best Director” category in 2023 for “Scenes from a Marriage”.