Name: THE HEART-EATER at TamS: Ferdinand Schmalz
Start: 2026-04-24T22:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-25T01:00:00+02:00
Location: TamS Theater

A dark linguistic frenzy between moor, power, and longing

With THE HEART-EATER, the TamS Theater in Munich presents a play that condenses crime, political satire, and Styrian legend into a sharply defined stage experience. Ferdinand Schmalz tells of a world where a recently concreted moor, a glittering shopping center, and a mysterious woman’s corpse without a heart collide. What starts as black humor tips into a dense theatrical atmosphere full of uncertainty, poetic disturbance, and surprising tenderness.

When the moor speaks beneath the temple of consumption

The play does not rely on quick effects but rather on an eerie pull. Beneath the asphalt, the repressed seeps back to the surface: election campaigns, local politics, and consumer greed begin to falter, while the plot derives its grotesque tension from ever-new shifts. Schmalz works with a language that is laconic, musical, and carried by a peculiar physicality. From this arises the special impact of this production: laughter gets caught in the throat because it simultaneously deals with love, death, and social coldness.

Dramaturgy with black humor and gentle blade

The advance coverage refers to a performance that pulls the audience right into a mix of undercover investigation, quirky comedy, and philosophical unrest. Directed by Susi Weber, the stage features Irene Rovan, Lena Vogt, Helmut Dauner, Julian Mantaj, and Axel Röhrle. This promises an evening that not only tells about characters but about attitudes, about a community in a state of emergency, and about the longing for closeness in a world of smooth facades.

The TamS as a fitting resonance space

The TamS Theater on Haimhauser Straße has been one of Munich's characterful stages for decades. The intimate space, the proximity to the audience, and the well-known passion for both literary and experimental theater provide THE HEART-EATER with the right framework. Those who take a seat here will not experience a distanced large production but a concentrated, immediate theater, in which acoustics, lighting mood, and playing style make every hesitation and ironic break palpable.

What the audience can expect

On April 24, 2026, at 20:00, a night unfolds at TamS for all those who want to not only see theater but feel it physically. THE HEART-EATER promises a clever, dark, and at the same time sensitive performance that resonates long after the final image. Those who love contemporary drama with linguistic power and societal sharpness should experience this date live.