A comedy
Packer Galy Gay goes into town to buy a fish. On the way, he meets three soldiers from a special unit who have lost their fourth man during a break-in at a petrol station. To avoid attracting attention, they transform him into this fourth man. Galy Gay becomes Jeraiah Jip. At first it's just the name. Eventually he takes on the identity of the other. With this parable about the transformation of the bourgeois individual into a human fighting machine, Brecht demonstrates the susceptibility of liberal societies to authoritarian movements. Critical fun full of absurd humour, crude slapstick and sad and funny songs.
The music by Paul Dessau has been adapted for Theater Basel by Evelinn Trouble.
Digital book table
Together with the dramaturgy department, the Basel Kulturhaus Bider & Tanner has been curating the book table for our plays for many years. Now this selection of books, CDs, DVDs, catalogues and sheet music is available at any time in the online shop. It's worth browsing regularly.
Mediathek
- Inszenierung –
- Musikalische Leitung –
- Bühne und Kostüme –
- Mitarbeit Bühnenbild –
- Lichtdesign –
- Dramaturgie –
- Galy Gay –
- Leokadja Begbick –
- Uria Shelly –
- Polly Baker –
- Jessy Mahoney –
- Jeraiah Jip / Sergeant Fairchild –
- Frau Galy Gay / Herr W., Tankstellenbesitzer –
- Soldaten / Live-Musik –
Pohl pulls off a coup: he takes Brecht out of the museum and turns it into serious theatrical fun.
A witty and absurd anti-teaching piece.
Rarely in recent years has one experienced such differentiated acting work on the Basel stage that maintains a consistent style: An evening from a single mold and with an incessant pulse.
This enjoyable evening shows a living Brecht. Yes, that's the way to deal with Brecht.
Sven Schelker as the widow Begbick is simply stunning.
A production that plays with the principles of epic theater in a stringent and ironic way.