In HEREAFTER, author and filmmaker Werner Fritsch, described by Der Spiegel as "Germany's boldest poet", dares to go deep down into the soulscape of a man who all his life was under the spell of the underworld. Wolf "Sexmachine" Bold, who is a suspect for the murder of his wife Cora, the mother of his son Felix, is beyond reality and hallucination, perhaps even beyond his own body. Before the police can arrest him he is threatened by somebody hiding behind a carnival mask of Hitler and holding a revolver to his head. But who is the man behind the mask? HEREAFTER juxtaposes the often inarticulate male voice with a female singing voice and double-bass that comment upon, balance, counteract and provide an emotional subtext to the production. Director Peter Falkenberg has translated and adapted this radical monologue in which a man reflects in seconds of horror on what remains in his memory and what dominates our pictures of sex and violence. Winner of the inaugural "Get to the Adelaide Fringe Award" at the 2012 Dunedin Fringe Festival - the judging panel's comments: "This bold and challenging work is compelling theatre of the highest calibre".

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