Radio Play Festival #1

In Berlin, Sarah Alles and Benno Lehmann are well-known names—and yet they’re still considered hidden gems. At the Kulturfeilerei, they’ll be performing in two live radio plays. There’s plenty to see as well: a puppet created by Benno Lehmann—who is also a puppeteer—will be part of the performance. Andreas Cincera will provide the musical interludes. On Friday, November 13, *Blick ins Paradies*—an adaptation of Mark Twain’s *The Diaries of Adam and Eve*—will be presented in a combination of audio and visual elements. On Saturday, November 14, the world premiere of *Blick in die Zukunft* will follow. This live radio play by the two artists—both touching and whimsical—explores people and things that still have something to say to one another—and a chatbot that joins in the conversation.

With humor and loving indulgence, Mark Twain’s *The Diaries of Adam and Eve* lets the first “dream couple” tell the story of how, despite the paradisiacal shortcomings of the sexes, they ultimately find their way to one another. Under the title “A Block to Paradise,” the two performers take the stage.

A five-year relationship, a list, and the question of who gets to take what to their apartment. Alex and Toni are breaking up. She seeks advice from a therapist; he turns to a chatbot. Both would like to handle it like adults. While boxes are packed and messages are thoroughly misunderstood, the objects in their apartment also have something to say and deal with the breakup in different ways. “A Glimpse into the Future” is a multi-layered tragicomedy about breaking up, holding on, and everything that’s left behind after a love affair.

Sarah Alles became best known for her television roles, including Ella Meissner in *Rote Rosen*, Yvette Müller in *Heiter bis tödlich: Akte Ex*, and Samira Steffens in *In aller Freundschaft*. Since 2021, she has played police cadet Isabel Wolfangel in the ZDF crime series *Wilsberg*. Since 2013, she has been increasingly active as a voice actress for dubbing and radio plays. Among other roles, she has provided the voice for *Mark Brandis: Weltraumpartisanen*, is the German voice of Zack in *Zack und Quack*, and has been releasing short meditation podcasts under the name *Power Pause* since 2020. In addition to her artistic work, she is socially active, supporting initiatives such as the NY HARY project, Kinderhelfer mit Herz e. V., and the IVQS Foundation, which combats poverty among elderly actors.

Benno Lehmann is an actor, voice actor, dubbing director, puppeteer, comedian, and host who lives and works in Berlin. He began his artistic career in 1993 in the children’s ensemble at the Friedrichstadt-Palast; from 2008 to 2012, he studied acting at the “Ernst Busch” Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin. As a stage actor, he has made guest appearances at the Berliner Ensemble, the Maxim Gorki Theater, the Renaissance Theater, the Volksbühne, and the Vaganten Bühne, among others. Other engagements have taken him to the Theater Lübeck, the Schauspielhaus Oberhausen, and the Puppentheater Magdeburg. As a puppeteer, he developed his own comedy show featuring his character HerrMann and also performed with puppets in film and TV productions. He became known for his humorous voice-overs on his YouTube channel, “Bennos Project.”

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