FAMILIE FLÖZ is coming to the Reeperbahn!

In collaboration with the St. Pauli Theater, we’re creating a play that explores the myths and wonders of St. Pauli — a legendary place where dreams come true and shatter. A place where sailors encounter queer culture. A place of fools and dreamers, realists and crooks, outsiders and those right in the thick of it.
Inspired by Cesare Zavattini’s short story “The Miracle of Bamba” which served as the basis for Vittorio de Sica’s legendary film “Totò il Buono,” a world of quintessentially Flöz-style characters come to life — a world governed by different rules than those of the city of shipowners and merchants.
 The sense of community and solidarity—which even the individual pursuit of happiness cannot destroy—finds a home here. But this attracts the envious. For like any idyll, this one is also threatened by people for whom the very existence of this place is a threat in itself. Utopias and diversity aren’t for everyone. After all, an idyll doesn’t generate profit.

On stage: five performer, two musicians, and nearly 30 characters. It all begins in the darkness, on a wasteland just outside the city gates. Marginalized figures have carved out a simple life here. Totò is born into this world, and Totò brings the light. Once it’s there, everyone wants itLight for sunbathing,  light for her flowers, light to turn on, light to turn off again—light for her dreams.
Light becomes a symbol of personal happiness, a source of longings and wishes. A quarrel breaks out. It becomes twilight, a warning light, a red light, and a spotlight. The wasteland becomes colorful, an attraction and a stage. And suddenly, some sense a business opportunity.

WUNDER is a fairy tale inspired by the peculiar neighborhood of St. Pauli. A wordless fairy tale for adults, featuring a poetic blend of drama, comedy, and music.