Draussen vor der Tür - a play by Wolfgang Borchert

A piece against war - and against forgetting!

A man returns from the war and finds no place left for himself in life. His name is Beckmann - but no one calls him by his first name anymore. As if they had taken his very self along with his name. The society he served turns away from him. All that remains is standing before locked doors. Outside - shut out from the world, from the future.

Beckmann is 25 years old, returning from Russian captivity to a bombed-out Hamburg. Marked in body and soul: his knee shot through, a gas-mask frame stuck to his face like a foreign object - a constant reminder of dehumanisation. Instead of support or understanding, he finds only rejection: his wife has left him, the colonel refuses all responsibility, the girl who saves him from drowning wants nothing to do with his suffering. In a dream-like wandering, Beckmann encounters not only people but also heightened, symbolic figures: Death, the Elbe, God - and the Other, a mirrored version of himself. A layered theatrical world unfolds between realism, grotesque and lyric poetry - charged with linguistic force, resistance and existential depth.

Wolfgang Borchert's only play is more than a classic of post-war literature: "Draußen vor der Tür" is a poetic cry against silence, against looking away, against suppression. Written in 1947, just months before Borchert's early death, the play feels more urgent today than ever. A wake-up call.

At 19:00, an introduction to the play will be held on the studio stage of the theatre.

Running time: approx. 2 hours including interval

NEUES GLOBE THEATER POTSDAM

Ticket discounts:
- Groups of 10 or more full-price tickets receive 1 complimentary ticket
- Kulturkreis members receive special rates
- Holders of a B-pass receive 1 complimentary ticket for their companion
- Wahl-RING and Theater-RING event
- Ticket PLUS - additional complimentary ticket for visitors under 25
- Companions of school groups receive [...]