It's Just a Phase, Mate

A comedy by Stefan Vögel

Mischa and Christiane have a happy marriage, their son is doing well at medical school, and life should be good. But on Mischa's 50th birthday, his boss offers him not just early retirement but immediate dismissal with full pension.

Mischa, who felt very much in his prime just moments ago, suddenly feels old. Very old. Christiane barely recognises the whining wreck he has become. When their closest friends arrive for the birthday party, an emotional storm begins to brew: the onset of a mid-life second adolescence. A racing bike is purchased, a home gym is built, and the entire life plan gets turned upside down - leaving no one at the party unchanged.

Based on the bestselling book of the same name by Maxim Leo and Jochen Gutsch, "It's Just a Phase, Mate" is a sharp and highly entertaining comedy about that peculiar chapter of life when middle age hits like a second puberty.

Cast: Götz Otto, Katja Studt, Thorsten Nindel, Nicola Ransom, Louis Held
Director: Ute Willing
Set and Costumes: Tom Grasshof
Theatre: Tournee - Komödie am Kurfürstendamm