Sauhund

“And that’s why the world premiere of Lion Christian’s debut ‘Sauhund’ doesn’t just want to tell a story. It wants to bear witness, be a document, create spaces of remembrance, because the 80s weren’t just about the jeans look and Denver Clan, perms and Petula Clarc.”

“In the 90 minutes of his production, Florian Fischer turns the droll into the urgent. He only needs three people up there, first in front of the curtain and then in a room full of gay and stirring photos and image quotes, for a fantastic evening of theater.”

“Together with Tobias Schuster and the ensemble, Florian Fischer has transformed the novel into a refreshingly precise theatrical version. Where Lion Christ tends to digress, she finds the essentials and extracts these sentences in which Christ comes very close to his characters and their attitude to life. Fischer and his ensemble treat them all with great empathy (…).”

“The world premiere of ”Sauhund” at the Münchner Kammerspiele accompanies Florian on his self-discovery in Munich’s gay scene. Up-and-coming talent Elias Krischke, Annette Paulmann and Edmund Telgenkämper are convincing in the leading roles of a grippingly personal play.”

“A novel is not a theater is not a novel. And that’s why the world premiere of Lion Christian’s debut “Sauhund” doesn’t just want to tell a story. It wants to bear witness, be a document, create spaces of remembrance, because the 80s were not just about jeans and the Denver Clan, perms and Petula Clark. They were a turning point in the social awakening of sexual liberation.”

“The main burden of the performance thus lies on the three great actors Elias Krischke, Annette Paulmann and Edmund Telgenkämper, who are constantly in demand. The fact that the play can begin like a superficial comedy and then turn into an almost 90-minute sadness that is almost unbearable is above all thanks to Krischke (Flori). (…) Krischke plays Flori with deliberate restraint. In one dance scene, he flashes wonderful movements for just a few seconds. The “rescue” of the protagonist in the novel is missing in the stage version by the “Kammerspiele” team. The longer the play lasts, the more intensity the leading actor gives the character than is written into the novel.”