Mareike Fallwickl

What's it about?

Austria premiere! Luzia grows up in a community that offers refuge for very different people. In the house, queer and platonic forms of love as well as shared parenting are practiced. Later, as an adult, Luzia, a theater director, fights against patriarchal structures and tries to make a positive change. Her childhood friend Marle, in her early forties, feels a strong desire to have children and chooses an unconventional path outside of relationships with men. But suddenly, after a devastating storm, everything that this chosen family has built over decades seems threatened. What is needed for such a community to survive in times like these? Mareike Fallwickl made her debut in 2018 with "Dunkelgrün fast schwarz" (Dark Green Almost Black), followed in 2019 by "Das Licht ist hier viel heller" (The Light Is Much Brighter Here). "Die Wut, die bleibt" (The Anger That Remains, 2022) was a great success with critics and audiences, was staged at the Salzburg Festival, and is being adapted into a film. "Und alle so still" (And Everyone So Quiet, 2024) reached the top 10 of the Spiegel bestseller list and is also being staged at various theaters. Mareike Fallwickl lives in the Salzburg region and advocates for literature dissemination both online and offline, focusing on female and diverse voices. "To write like Mareike Fallwickl, it takes courage: she looks exactly where it hurts, exposing the oppression of women in poetic, clear language without blaming." (Der Standard) Mareike Fallwickl, Hold on tight, Rowohlt, 2026.

Where?

POSTHOF - Großer Saal
Posthofstrasse 43

Organiser: Mareike Fallwickl liest aus "Haltet euch fest"