The Nest

Franz Xaver Kroetz

Martha and Kurt are expecting a baby. Naturally, the couple want the very best for their child. So while Martha furiously ‘nests’, Kurt clocks up all the overtime he can get. Yet, when Baby Stefan is born, Kurt’s overtime suddenly dries up. Now there is only one option left – a special job that Kurt’s boss can offer him: dumping some barrels of ‘bad wine’.

Franz Xaver Kroetz

In a new translation by David Schneider, this powerful classic of modern German Theatre is being reclaimed by one of the UK’s most innovative companies: Living Pictures.


“impressively resurrect the polemical voice of the playwright… a truly affecting piece.”
Time Out