Winter Solstice
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Christmas Eve.
Bettina and her husband Albert aren’t happy.
Bettina’s mother is staying for the holidays.
Which is awkward.
Not least because Bettina’s mother met a man on the train.
And now she’s invited him around for drinks...
Family, betrayal and the inescapable presence of the past reverberate through the UK premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s razor-sharp comedy.
Roland Schimmelpfennig
Award-winning playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig is one of the most exciting voices in European drama. He has worked as a journalist, translator and dramaturg, and his plays have been successfully produced in over forty countries. The Golden Dragon was the German critics’ Play of the Year in 2010 and is published by Oberon Books. Oberon also publishes Schimmelpfennig’s Arabian Night and The Woman Before, while his other works include Push Up 1 – 3, The Child Who Could Fly, Here I Am and Winter Solstice.
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David Tushingham
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David Tushingham’s translations of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s plays have been performed in Great Britain, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. His other translations include: Mr. Kolpert, Waiting Room Germany, Stranger’s House, Jeff Koons, State of Emergency and The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. He has worked as a dramaturg and curator for numerous high-profile European institutions and is currently Artistic Advisor to the Salzburg Festival.
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