Die letzte Kommune

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.

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...

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 (gituar)
 * Robert Neumann (keys)
 * Thomas Keller (sax)
 * Carsten Schmelzer (bass)

Reviews

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