CALL ME GO­S­PO­DIN

No one should need money! Property is wrong! Gospodin has his principles …and a llama, his one piece of capital – although Greenpeace stole that from him. And Anette took his bed with her when she moved out. Oh, and Hermann has gone off with his amplifier and Nadine has nicked his TV for an art project. They’re all offering him tips and bits of work and help in how to adapt to a capitalist reality. But Gospodin is a contrarian – even when a bag of money appears and chaos ensues.

Philipp Löhle’s uproarious debut from 2007 depicts a grotesque attempt to exist free of money and property in a world ruled by capitalism. Jan Philipp Gloger looks back on his production at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel, with which he launched his career as a director.