The Last One Turns Off the Light: Blackly Humorous Live Audio Play in Erlangen
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A live audio play between gangster film and Shakespearean tragedy
When the lights go out at the Theater in der Garage on November 6, 2026, a thrilling stage experience begins: The Last One Turns Off the Light (Premiere) combines the visual world of a graphic novel with the suspense of a gangster film and the depth of a tragedy. Schauspiel erlangen presents the revival based on Tobias Aeschbacher's award-winning graphic novel in cooperation with the International Comic Salon Erlangen.
Word battles, shootouts, and a fateful bag
Three petty criminals break into a dilapidated apartment building. They search for a bag and encounter a cat, a gangster couple, a cannabis plantation, a kind-hearted voyeur, a sentimental hitman, all sorts of weapons, power outages, and death. From this quirky constellation develops a blackly humorous tragicomedy full of surprising twists.
Ear cinema to watch
The production by Eike Hannemann translates Aeschbacher's comic novel into a live audio play that brings its acoustic energy directly to the stage. Voices, sounds, and precise timing become essential elements of the dramaturgy. The audience experiences theatrical art not only through visible gestures but also through sound, rhythm, and the imagination that unfolds between the stage and the audience space.
Graphic novel meets stage art
The special quality of this production lies in its unusual form: The live audio play remains not in the dark of the radio but becomes a visible theater event. The stage and costumes by Birgit Stoessel create the framework for a production in which comic aesthetics, crime comedy, and tragic intensification interlock. The dramaturgy by Anita Augustin guides through a world where absurd situations and existential threats lie closely together.
An award-winning material with cinematic pulse
Tobias Aeschbacher's graphic novel was awarded the Max and Moritz Prize for Best German-speaking Comic Debut in 2024. The stage adaptation preserves the black humor and strong imagery of the original, but expands it with the immediate presence of theater. Luca Hass, Ralph Jung, and Johannes Rebers give the characters shape and lend the word battles, declarations of love, and disasters their own pulsating rhythm.
Conclusion: An evening of theater with black humor
The Last One Turns Off the Light (Premiere) promises an unusual stage experience between comic, crime play, and live audio play. Those seeking theatrical atmosphere, pointed dialogues, and a quirky production will find in Erlangen a production with cinematic pace and theatrical imagination. Tickets for the performance at the Theater in der Garage are available in advance.
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