Irina Schönen and Gian Rupf in "Erich Without Gerda"

“Your time is yet to come”
Gerda’s ashes sit on the kitchen cabinet. Erich hears his wife speaking to him. He sets off with the urn. What does a new beginning look like for someone over eighty? Can well-established patterns change? What kinds of relationships and adventures are still possible?
Following *Erich and Gerda*, Irina Schönen and Gian Rupf tell the story of *Erich without Gerda*
For several years now, Irina Schönen and Gian Rupf have been performing as Erich and Gerda on small stages across Switzerland to great acclaim. At the end of the evening, after more than forty-five years of marriage, Erich is left alone in his cooperative apartment without Gerda.