The great catastrophe: an asteroid impact that wipes out almost all life - this is what happened in the time of the dinosaurs. In Fayer Koch's new play, only a few of them survive, including the newly hatched Nagg, a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Between her conspecifics Päm and Babsi, who spend their days fearing the future and archiving traces of the past, she initially hopes in vain for answers about what once was. Will the earth dinosaurs she unexpectedly encounters be able to help her? ‘T-Rex, are you sad? (Does your T stand for tears)’ reads as an amusing mirror of our modern-day fears and at the same time proves to be a hymn to friendship. Björn Hayer

With Denis Cvetković, Martin Klemm, Kevin Körber, Josephine Schumann, Millie Vikanis, Philipp Zemmrich, Anna-Lena Zühlke

Director: Benedikt Grubel Stage: and costumes Sarah Mittenbühler Music: Jan Paul Werge Dramaturgy: Maria Obermeier

World premiere: 6.9.2024, Theatre of the Young World, Leipzig Performance duration: 1 hour 15 minutes Performance rights: Rowohlt Theaterverlag, Hamburg

Content note: Dealing with the end of the world, grief, mystery and feelings. Audience interaction possible throughout the theatre. Note on sensory stimuli: extremely loud at the beginning.

A commissioned work for the Theater der Jungen Welt, Leipzig read less