Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026 at 19:30:00

Joachim Meyerhoff presents 'Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen' at Hamburg's Altonaer Theater. This theatrical evening explores themes of family, crisis, and new beginnings with humor and melancholy as a son seeks refuge with his mother in the countryside.

In _Man kann auch in die Höhe fallen_, Joachim Meyerhoff tells the story of how he escapes for a summer to his eighty-year-old mother in the Schleswig-Holstein countryside. After moving from Vienna to Berlin, he finds it difficult to settle in the capital: he is stressed, irritable - and still feels the effects of his stroke. It seems as if his life is slipping away from him. To get back on track, he seeks refuge with his mother - where else? He also wants to write again at last. Perhaps the fresh sea air in his mother's garden will solve his writer's block in Berlin ...What begins as an escape from his own problems turns into an encounter with the past. The play tells of crises, closeness and new beginnings with disarming openness and subtle humor. Big questions arise from small everyday moments and anecdotes: What was your own childhood like in the north, and how did the path once lead to Meyerhoff's acting career? What doesn't work in your own family life today? In a finely balanced interplay between grotesque humor and melancholy depth, mother and son meet in a new way - she, lively, unshakeable, full of wit; he, exhausted, searching, groping. Between ageing and memories, an evening of theater unfolds about what sustains us - even when we fall.

Organizer: Altonaer Theater