Gschichtn vom Brandner Kaspar (Stories from Brandner Kaspar)

After a quarter of a century, Brandner Kaspar returns to the Residenztheater - and how!

Because it is almost as long since Franz Xaver Kroetz declared that he no longer wanted to publish for the theatre. But for Brandner Kasper, the most Bavarian of all theatre subjects, he was persuaded once again and wrote his «Brandner Kaspar» for the Residenztheater, where it will now be premiered.

Based on Franz von Kobell's dialect tale, Kroetz tells the story of the stubborn Bavarian who won't even bow to death in the flesh, the Boanlkramer, in a very honest and touching, yet completely unsentimental and humorous way. Of course, Brandner also cheats the Boanlkramer with plenty of Kerschgeist while playing cards, but the price he pays for the eighteen years of life he has gained is high. When his beloved granddaughter, Seferl, dies during the cattle drive, he suddenly finds himself alone. His wife died years ago and he only receives postcards from his daughter from afar. The loneliness takes all the joy out of his life, but the fear of death and what comes next is simply too great for him to voluntarily give up his winnings and resign prematurely. But the Boanlkramer, who has a fox-like St Peter breathing down his neck, has an idea: a window in the sky provides a glimpse of paradise and a quick look «costs nothing»...

Günther Maria Halmer also returns to the Residenztheater as Kaspar Brandner and, together with Munich film, theatre and opera director Philipp Stölzl, they will bring the «Gschichtn vom Brandner Kaspar» to the stage as a «big picture book, because the play is of course a fairy tale», as Franz Xaver Kroetz's stage directions say.