Hagen Rether

LOVE In great detail, Rether links the current with the forgotten, the near with the distant, questions, disputes, doubts. He thoroughly shakes the central tenets of Western “civilization” and exposes so-called practical constraints as collective fictions to laughter. With surprising comparisons, he seduces the audience into changing their perspective—into taking a different view of the world, of the future, of the mirror, and even of uncomfortable truths. And he calls on us to free ourselves from our often-exploited fear and anger. Rether's LOVE is tragic, funny, painful, contagious: The constantly changing program with the same title causes lasting dissatisfaction with simple explanations and encourages people to think and act for themselves. For up to three and a half hours, the cabaret artist passionately pleads for enlightenment and compassion, against double standards and consumerist indifference: Change is possible—if we want it.