Goldie does what she likes doing best: she remodels her house. Her joy is infectious and unsettling in equal measure, because Goldie is critically ill. She wants to give her all with a body that is giving up on her. Her cat Apollo enjoys Goldie’s increasing weakness – finally he can sit on her lap and snore to his heart’s content for what seems like hours on end. In Dancing Idiots, Ursina Lardi, Karin Neuhäuser, Sebastian Blomberg, André Jung and drummer Willi Kellers play survivors on the way to the next disaster. They have a uniquely preposterous mixture of brutality and tenderness, existential angst and lust for life. In the course of the evening, the audience join Goldie in reliving that which it is hard to say goodbye to: wild kayak tours, sleeping cats, sauna visits that get out of hand, the smell of fresh wood and the forgotten memories of a baby. Director Thorsten Lensing does what he likes doing best: he creates a clever, existential night at the theatre.
Text, direction Thorsten Lensing With Sebastian Blomberg, André Jung, Ursina Lardi, Karin Neuhäuser, Benjamin Eggers-Domsky (acting) and Willi Kellers (Music) Collaboration direction Benjamin Eggers-Domsky Set design Gordian Blumenthal, Ramun Capaul Costume design Anette Guther, Nuria Heyck Dramaturgy Dan Kolber, Thierry Mousset Dramaturgical, artistic collaboration Anne Inken Bickert Photography Armin Smailovic Production management Eva-Karen Tittmann, Philip Decker Technical direction Michael Klatt Management Stage production Martina Schulle
Production Thorsten Lensing Coproduction Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna, Berliner Festspiele, Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik Hamburg, Schauspiel Stuttgart, Asphalt Festival Düsseldorf, Kurtheater Baden, Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster (funded by Kunststiftung NRW) Supported by
Hauptstadtkulturfonds Berlin and the city of Münster
World premiere January 2026, Berliner Festspiele
