Voor het pensioen

A black, stark yet hilarious comedy by Thomas Bernhard about a society that remains haunted by its far-right past.

The play is set at the home of the Höller family, on the birthday of Heinrich Himmler, former SS leader. Rudolf Höller, once camp commander, is about to retire. For him and for his sister Vera, this is a high day. Clara, their younger, wheelchair-bound sister, is on the sidelines. She suffers from the weight of the past and observes, sadly, as her family embraces the atrocities.

In the Höllers' claustrophobic and incestuous home, an ideological power play unfolds. A celebration about guilt, resentment, denial and moral decay. About family ties that can never be broken.