4/5 oder von der Kunst, keine Fahrstuhlmusik zu werden

**Four elderly people and five chairs**
Four famous actors from the Swiss theatre scene – Nikola Weisse, Jaap Achterberg, Suly Röthlisberger and Pierre Siegenthaler – are on stage together for the first time in "4/5 or the Art of Not Becoming Elevator Music". All four of them sit down, one chair remains empty, because someone is missing. Each chair is a space in itself and at the same time part of a network of relationships between these four – formerly five – elderly people, who begin to tell their present story in a humorous and curious way. Do they spend their time in front of a residential building or a retirement home? Do they meet at a gas station or in a café, in a run-down bar? None of that matters. What is clear, however, is that they have known each other for a very, very long time.

**314 years of joy of playing and elevator music**
With a large portion of self-irony and comedy, Nikola Weisse, Jaap Achterberg, Suly Röthlisberger and Pierre Siegenthaler take a close look at themselves and a society that ascribes the importance of elevator music to old people and prefers to ignore it altogether. They defy aging and work through their questions, hopes and problems. They remember, they make plans and maybe in the end there will be more chairs free than at the beginning. What can we expect from old age and what do we expect from old age? How differently do people deal with their growing years? These are questions that occupied many. At the same time, it is about physical changes, losses and the confrontation with one's own mortality.

Welcome to a cross-generational piece of everyday history full of playfulness and humor.

Invited to the Swiss Theatre Meeting 2026 and to the Autor\*innen-Theatertage Berlin 2026