"In anticipation of the finale of the history of the earth and mankind, people love, dance, drink and sneer as much as they can... Again and again, the music pauses for long, meaningless spoken passages that are either full of punch lines or no less mercilessly attack the laughing muscles... The police chief, the pop singer and all the others are even crazier than one would assume from knowledge of "Cabaret" or "Babylon Berlin"." (DIE DEUTSCHE BÜHNE), about ZUSAMMENSTOSS based on an grotesque opera libretto by Kurt Schwitters