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An ABSURD family drama about dark traditions and a hidden war past. An evening that grates, touches and you won't soon forget.

Thomas Bernhard is known for his sharp, provocative plays, in which he mercilessly exposes the dark sides of humanity.

'Before Retirement' shows a family completely stuck in the past: a former SS officer, his sisters, a house full of macabre memories. The play is set in the days around Himmler's birthday, an uncomfortable moment of secret celebration and suppressed tension.

Bernhard's black humor and sharp dialogues make this performance more than a grim portrait. It is a confrontational, but also absurdly comical view of human weakness and the clinging to old ideals.

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Datum Tijd Locatie Ticketlink
Fri 21 Mar 20:00 Old Town Rotterdam
Sat 22 Mar 20:00 Old Town Rotterdam
Sun 4 May 20:00 Old Town Rotterdam
Thu 8 May 20:00 Old Town Rotterdam
Fri 9 May 20:00 Old Town Rotterdam

Friday 21 March

20:00
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Old Town Rotterdam -  Aelbrechtskolk 3b, Delfshaven
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Fri 21 Mar 20:00 Sat 22 Mar 20:00 Sun 4 May 20:00 Thu 8 May 20:00 Fri 9 May 20:00
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