DAS FERIENHAUS

About the show

In 1964, architect Carl Albrich commissioned the construction of a glass-enclosed holiday home for himself and his family. Over 60 years later, it went up in flames. In the meantime, the house has been inhabited by several generations who converge there at pivotal moments in their lives. They talk, argue, and love in this place, which promises a transparency that is absent amidst the complex family and relationship dynamics. Decades of child abuse within the family, concealed for years, slowly begins to surface. Simon Stone directs a sweeping family epic: He draws on themes and motifs from the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen and has developed a new version of his play IBSEN HUIS for the Burgtheater, which premiered in Amsterdam in 2017.