Theater in der Altstadt: Drei Mal Leben

All too often, we ask ourselves the existential question of whether events in our lives could have turned out differently and which version we would ultimately choose if we had the choice.

In her brilliant comedy, French playwright Yasmina Reza presents three versions of the same evening and, with her usual delight, explores the working and romantic relationships of the middle classes in our time.

Two couples in shifting alliances and different manoeuvres for self-respect and recognition strive for an absurd search for the right life in the wrong one, a struggle for self-realisation within social conventions whose appearance is stubbornly maintained.

Three Times Life, which premiered simultaneously in Paris and Vienna in 2001, is a hilarious battle between two unequal couples. Reza places them between hubris and madness and tells a mercilessly witty story about marital problems and career plans, about expectations and frustrations in mid-life.