Beni at the Burg
It was a pleasure seeing a former Smith, Beni Brachtel, on the big stage, Burgtheater.
Toto oder Vielen Dank für das Leben Burgtheater
by Sibylle Berg after “Vielen Dank für das Leben”
Composition and Musical Direction: Beni Brachtel
The story of a hermaphrodite being born in 1966 East Germany drifting through a life of nothing but pain and rejection. A roadmovie with an antihero and no happy end that did not matter, making it matter. Thank you for seeing the light of existence. All failure, whatever. A life in the last and first decades. When men want to dominate and destroy life but life does not care. No matter how pathetic. Triumphing in all misery and failure, gratitude.
Happy to have been there. It was an interesting, harsh, naive as well as warming tale. Fatal optimism. There is no way out, enjoy the ride.