Caroline Peters

Who was Hanna, this woman who was often out of character, with poems in her head that made her forget her everyday life? After Hanna’s death, the youngest daughter looks back on her mother’s life, on her own childhood, a life between bourgeois and bohemian, crazy and adventurous. Then Hanna decides to leave the family and start her life all over again on her own. What does it mean to go your own way? – A daughter’s questions to her dead mother and herself.

Caroline Peters is one of the best-known German actresses and has received many awards. She has been a member of the ensemble at the most important German-language theaters, has been engaged at the Vienna Burgtheater since 2024 and plays in cinema and television productions, such as the crime series Mord mit Aussicht. Ein anderes Leben (2024) is her first novel.

Venue: Karlstorbahnhof, Südstadt

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