EXTRAWURST - A hilarious comedy
It’s really just a formality: The members of the local tennis club have gathered. They’re supposed to vote on buying a new grill for club parties. Normally, this wouldn’t be a problem—if it weren’t for the proposal to also fund a separate grill for the club’s only Turkish member. As is well known, devout Muslims are not allowed to place their grilled sausages on a grill with pork. A well-intentioned idea that, in a way that’s as disrespectful as it is funny, brings atheists and believers, Swiss and Turks, “do-gooders” and hardliners into direct conflict. And it quickly becomes clear to everyone: This is about much more than just a barbecue…
Written by comedy writers Dietmar Jacobs and Moritz Netenjakob, who have previously worked on well-known TV shows such as “Die Wochenshow,” “Ladykracher,” “Das Amt,” and “Stromberg,” among others.
EXTRAWURST is one of the funniest and most successful plays of recent years and also made its way to the big screen with the film adaptation of the same name starring Hape Kerkeling.
Starring:
Sabina Deutsch, Eric Hättenschwiler, Lavdrim Xhemaili, Flavio Dal Molin, Peter Niklaus Steiner
Director: Urs Blaser
Set design: Roman Fischer
Costumes: Susanne Ehrenbaum
Running time: 2 x 45 minutes, plus intermission
Language: Swiss German
Recommended age: 14 and up
Translated with DeepL
