Gross und Klein
Whisking us down the rabbit hole, Gross und Klein (Big and Small) is a delicately surreal play that toys with the idea of space, size and the importance of human connection.
Lotte (Cate Blanchett) is all dressed up with nowhere to go and no one to speak to. She declines to join her siesta group’s excursion. For now, she will sit alone, stoically cheerful in the hope that someone, somewhere will need her help or affection.
First staged in 1978, this delicately surreal play was written by Botho Strauss who, over the course of his long and prolific career, has become one of the most extensively performed playwrights modern Germany has produced.
This ambitious theatre project is co-commissioned with some of Europe’s leading theatre companies and festivals including Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen, Théâtre de la Ville and Wiener Festwochen. It is currently playing at the Barbican Theatre, London, England.
