| TEXTVERSION | Eva-Maria Höckmayr |
| EQUIPMENT | Angela Loewen |
| DRAMATURGY | Matthias Heilmann |
| MUSICAL SETUP | Barbara Rucha |
| WITH: | Renate Heuser |
| Oliver Bode | |
| Christoph Angerer | |
| Frank Watzke | |
| Robert Pertl (singing) | |
| Konstantin Semilakovs (piano) | |
| Pellegrini-Quartett |
“It is a clever and well thought-out experimental arrangement that director Eva-Maria Höckmayr has created for her project… (…) Höckmayr demands interaction, interweaves musicians, music, words and performers to create a new dimension of experience. Nevertheless, with consistent leadership, she maintains the overview in this choreography, which could be confusing, yet remains clear and goes far beyond a mere illustration of what is being performed. (…) Eva-Maria Höckmayr’s courageous experiment with all kinds of theatre seduces us to let go and dive into a stage world that absorbs all our attention and ultimately turns out to be a homage to life. How wonderful that theatre can be like this.”
Sabine Rempe, Fürther Nachrichten, 23.1.10
“Eva-Maria Höckmayr’s literally moving ‘Variations on Life and Death’, which are offered as an impressively staged ‘Swan Song’ at the Fürth Kulturforum, are not satisfied with an ordinary theatre performance – they lift off the ground, break through the boundaries of the genre and seduce the great fears into a small smile. (…) A cleverly devised directorial work that exists as a simultaneously functioning art piece without becoming obtrusive. (…) The evening is also a fulfilled dream of musical theatre that can be both clever and sensual.”
Dieter Stoll, Evening Newspaper Nuremberg, 23.1.10
“Höckmayr pours plenty of sand into the gears of a modern society that represses death with her homemade text montages, quick scenic changes and ambiguous stage design. A challenging evening for the focus that, after evaluating audience reaction, may manifest itself as true love at second sight.”
Karin Lederer, Nürnberger Nachrichten, 23.1.10