Waiting for the Bus - by Oliver Bukowski

A bus stop in the middle of nowhere - "the damned border between civilization and absolute wilderness". Here, Ralle and Hannes meet every day - two buddies who have seen better days. They ask themselves where they went wrong in life, complain about society, dream, argue, drink canned beer, and wait - for a brighter future, for instance, and for Kathrin, the beautiful bus driver who always smiles at them, even though she's "out of their league".

Ralle and Hannes are likeable full-time philosophers with a sharp tongue and their hearts in the right place - two people who rarely speak up and don't let anything rattle them, not even rude teenagers or dumb dogs.

"Waiting for the Bus" by Oliver Bukowski was originally a comedy series on rbb that became instantly popular after its 2020 debut. It stands in the tradition of cult series like "Tatortreiniger" and "Dittsche" and was nominated for the German Television Prize and the Grimme Prize. The stage version lives - just like the series - through its characters and their funny, timeless dialogue.