A successful divorce lawyer, Helena, who has been dumped yet again by her married lover and is alone in a bar with a bottle of wine, meets Bob, an inconspicuous petty criminal waiting for his next assignment. They are both 35, and by the looks of things, life and this night don't seem to have much in store for them anymore – so they rush into a drunken one-night stand. That could be the end of Helena and Bob's story, were they not to meet again by chance the next day. Helena is standing on the steps of a church in her bridesmaid dress when Bob walks past her with £15,000 of stolen goods in his pocket, which he didn't manage to get to the bank in time. What started as an afternoon together turns into a long, strangely magical Midsummer's Eve, during which they spend the entire £15,000, drinking, spilling, and distributing liters of alcohol, and gaining esoteric insights in a bondage club. "Instead of linearity, this self-ironic 'play with songs' has an emotional logic that delivers laughs of recognition every minute without drifting into sentimentality. Greig plays with the weighty questions that one should always ask oneself in life. Brilliant," writes the trade magazine Theater heute.

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A summer night

Staatstheater Mainz

America's most bizarre family is back with a new story: The Addamses live a anything but ordinary life in their house in Central Park, full of darkness, pain, and death. But that could soon change: Wednesday, the family's daughter, has grown up and falls in love with a handsome, intelligent young man from a respectable family - a man the likes of which her parents have never met before. As if that weren't bad enough, Wednesday lets her father in on her secret and begs him not to tell her mother. Now Gomez Addams has to do something he's never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife Morticia. And the next catastrophe is just around the corner: That evening the families are supposed to get to know each other, and Wednesday just wants a completely normal evening without any unusual incidents, but everything turns out differently than planned...

The Addams Family

How Life Sounds Takes the audience on a musical journey. From the haunting lines in “Hold on to your love” to the indestructible joy of life in “I love life” to the hope that resonates in “The sun always rises” – the evening builds bridges between pop music, chanson and timeless poetry. Lovingly arranged, all the songs are performed in appropriate instrumentations. From piano accompaniment to a large band with drums and double bass, supported by the cello, for example.

Maike Elena Schmidt

Events

Upcoming events

Oct 3, 2025 - Mar 13, 2026

The Addams Family · Staatstheater Mainz

May 30, 2026

What life sounds like (AT)(UA) · Staatstheater Mainz

Past events

14 - 25 Nov, 2025

A summer night · Staatstheater Mainz

Oct 3, 2025 - Mar 13, 2026

The Addams Family · Staatstheater Mainz

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Morticia in The Addams Family by Brickman

Staatstheater Mainz

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