One Man – One Play #3

Lysistrata is a militant peace play, set during the Peloponnesian War in 400 BC. The women of Greece band together, determined to make their men finally give up the war. They decide to go on a bed-in. But it doesn’t stop there.

About the author: Holger Franke is a playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. In 1973, he founded the ROTE GRÜTZE Theatre in Berlin. His plays include “That’s Not Something You Talk About!”, “What Do You Mean, Love?” (adapted for the cinema in 1978), “Violence in the Game” and “Man, I Do Love You After All”. In the 1990s, he worked as a director and playwright at the THEATERHAUS STUTTGART and the THEATERHOF PRIESSENTAL, including on the play “Mensch Herrmann” starring Marin Lütge, which was recorded for television in 1993.

In 2001, he returned to Berlin and re-founded the ROTE GRÜTZE theatre company. This is where plays such as *Lena’s Secret* and *Take Harim, for example* were created.

From 2000 to 2004, he worked with Dani Levy on the screenplay for the film “Alles auf Zucker”, for which they received the German Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2005. Since 2018, he has been supporting the Kungerkieztheater as a writer, director and actor.