Justus Neumann and Julius Schwing
Performance Times:
Friday 12 June 2026, 8:00pm – 9:15pm
Saturday 13 June 2026, 8:00pm – 9:15pm
Doors open 30 minutes prior to performance
Tickets:
General Admission: $30 + Booking Fee
Concession: $20 + Booking Fee
Tickets also available at the door
Justus Neumann and Julius Schwing bring their award winning reading of Karl Kraus’s apocalyptic comedy The Last Days of Mankind back to the Peacock Theatre.
Written between 1914 and 1919, The Last Days of Mankind is Karl Kraus’s magnum opus, an examination of war, an enormous dramatic repository of his satirical themes and techniques. In the history of European drama this powerful pacifist play occupies a very special place. This award winning dramatised reading by actor Justus Neumann and musician Julius Schwing condenses this originally 10 night epic into a 70 minute virtuosic powerhouse performance.
“The action seems improbable, disjointed and heroless. The events shown in this play no matter how unlikley, actually took place. It is world war, it is my manifesto to mankind.” – Karl Kraus, 1918
Accessibility
Accessible Toilet (located in the Courtyard)
Registered Assistance Animals welcome
Companion Card
Hearing Loop
Level Access (via Stage Doors from the Courtyard)