Endsieg - von Elfriede Jelinek
5/9/2026
at 7:30 PM
/ Erlangen
The gates of the land of mourning are unlocked, the final victory approaches! What "our dear Adolf" could not achieve, others now do, who we love. We name no names, we know them all, we chose them, or not, it doesn't matter from now on, whoever wins is right. Democracy, folks! We are the people, we decide who guides, leads, directs us! And about this, the not-so-dear Elfi from Austria wrote a dramatic poem.
When Donald Trump first became President of the United States in 2017, the Nobel Prize-winning author Elfriede Jelinek reacted with a pitch-black humor piece about the crazy political clown (On the King’s Road). In 2024, shortly after Trump’s re-election, she wrote Endsieg. Deep black this text as well, and the humor is finally hanging by a noose. Donald Trump is not mentioned in a single word, the talk is of a king, a chosen one, a god in human form. As such, he brings salvation not only to his country but to the entire globe. Even in Germany, the messianic message of the god-like leader with the blonde hair is well received. In 2016, everyone laughed at his hairstyle; now it is a crown. "The blondes win," writes Jelinek, "they must win. Advantage for blond. The masters not only in Germany, the masters now everywhere."
Nina Mattenklotz, who recently directed "Nora or How to Compost the Manor" at the schauspiel erlangen, directs Jelinek's dark satire on everything we love. Us, the people.
With
Juliane Böttger
Romy Camerun
Tobias Graupner
Hermann Große-Berg
Luca Hass
Rumo Wehrli
Direction - Nina Mattenklotz
Stage and Costumes - Johanna Pfau
Music - Romy Camerun
Dramaturgy - Anita Augustin
Assistant Direction and Evening Management - Robert Sörgel
Costume Assistantship - Sabrina Wegscheider
Live Camera - Sina Wider
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
