Schnee von gestern, Schnee von morgen

A person wanders around, amidst all the complexity of the world, not a clearly defined character, but one that traverses both inner and outer landscapes. In search of a 'you' – "or maybe not"? A self-interrogation perhaps, a farewell melody possibly. How do you speak about the world without exerting control over it? Peter Handke has always taken a new measure of the world – using language and in defiance of its deterioration. In this new play too, he remains faithful to this poetic form of exploration – perhaps more radically, more delicately than ever, but not without humour, that self-deprecating irony he uses to nonchalantly undermine his own seriousness. All "yesterday’s news"? And what if it is?         
The person dances with language, allows themselves to digress and be silly, loses themselves very deliberately – until that one person speaking non-stop steps back, departs, disappears and someone else takes over.  

Peter Handke, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2019, revolutionised the theatre with works such as "Publikumsbeschimpfung" ("Offending the Audience") and "Immer noch Sturm" ("Storm Still"). His latest text will now be produced for the very first time at the Salzburger Festspiele – directed by Jossi Wieler. A "song without a refrain" about seeing, questioning, enduring and rejoicing in the moment of disappearance. "Or maybe not."