The Golden Glove

In St. Pauli’s 24-hour drinking hole »Zum Goldenen Handschuh« (The Golden Glove) the lowest of the low gather, Hamburg’s infernal nightlife. Among them is Fritz Honka, who comes here to collect the wounded souls who will later become his victims. "He imagines a different world where he is young and healthy, his breath is fresh, and he can create heaven on earth for a woman who smells of roses, a woman with perfect skin, beautiful teeth and an immaculate body. He is overcome by a catastrophic desire for happiness. He is hoping for a miracle, as he has been doing all along."

Heinz Strunk has written an award-winning novel about Altona’s ripper Fritz Honka. Studio Braun – alias Jacques Palminger, Rocko Schamoni and Heinz Strunk – will bring the monstrous story to the stage in a revue full of alcohol, sex, misery and crime.