Paris afterwards at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen: Theater about a night that remains
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Paris afterwards: An intense theater evening about loss, memory, and hope
On Monday, October 26, 2026, the Deutsches Theater Göttingen presents Laurent Gaudé's Paris afterwards as the German-language premiere. The direction by Schirin Khodadadian leads into a night that begins with ease and tips into collective trauma.
A mild evening that suddenly breaks
Paris is alive: People sit in front of cafés, laugh, drink, make plans. A young woman awaits her beloved, twin sisters celebrate their 30th birthday, a young mother seeks a moment of respite at a concert. Then shots ring out. An explosion shakes the football stadium, in the Bataclan, music turns into horror.
Laurent Gaudé takes the attacks of November 13, 2015, as the starting point for a polyphonic theater text. His dramaturgy does not only follow the victims, but also the emergency personnel, relatives, and all those whose lives took an irrevocable turn that night.
A choral piece between tragedy and humanity
Paris afterwards does not attempt to depict reality documentarily. The text carries the traits of a classic tragedy and condenses individual voices into a shared space of memory. Between shock, speechlessness, and the desire for closeness, a stage art emerges that makes the inhuman visible while simultaneously giving space to the healing human.
Direction, stage design, and acting
Schirin Khodadadian takes over the direction, Carolin Mittler designs the stage and costumes, and Johannes Mittl is responsible for the music. The production combines precise direction, atmospheric acoustics, and concentrated acting. The ensemble, featuring Bastian Dulisch, Rebecca Klingenberg, Marco Matthes, Marie Seiser, Jenny Weichert, Tara Helena Weiß, Leonard Wilhelm, and Johannes Mittl, forms an intense stage chorus from the many perspectives.
Context in theater history
The world premiere of Terrasses, the original French title, took place in 2024 at the Théâtre de la Colline in Paris. Gaudé, born in 1972, studied literature in Paris and received the Prix Goncourt in 2004 for his novel The Sun of Scorta. The theater publisher describes Paris afterwards as a work of unique intensity arising from comprehensive research.
Conclusion: Theater that transforms memory into presence
The stage experience at the Deutsches Theater Göttingen promises an evening full of contrasts: Joy of life meets fear, individual memory meets collective history, darkness meets a persistent remnant of hope. Those who experience theater as an immediate encounter with societal questions will find in Paris afterwards a compelling production about the power of storytelling and survival.
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