He doesn't want to set it in stone yet.
But when you talk to René Heinersdorff like that, it becomes clear: This good-humored Rhinelander will probably be the newcomer in the comedy in the Bayerischer Hof in Munich.
It would be a seamless change of power at the house, which is really not going through an easy time.
As reported, the current director, Thomas Pekny, stood before the Munich Regional Court in July for sexual abuse.
The allegation: At the Oktoberfest in 2015 and 2016, Thomas Pekny is said to have taken drunken young women from Theresienwiese to the rehearsal rooms of the theater and taken intimate photos and videos of them while they slept.
There was an acquittal and the public prosecutor's office has filed an appeal.
At the premiere evenings of the comedy, the boss has not been seen since the trial, many actors and actresses in particular have called for his resignation. In the discussion about a possible replacement, the name René Heinersdorff is often mentioned. A boulevard theater professional: the 57-year-old director is director of the Theater an der Kö in Düsseldorf and the Theater am Dom in Cologne, and is also well connected as chairman of the private theater group in the German stage association. He has just directed the comedy at the Bayerischer Hof - the current play “Who is afraid of the white man”.
In an interview with our newspaper, he confirms the rumors in his relaxed, accessible manner: “I really feel like it.
I love Munich and fondly remember my time in the Kleine Komödie at Max II or working with Erni Singerl.
I've already discovered a Bavarian side in my Rhenish soul.
Thomas Pekny has offered his successor to René Heinersdorff
In the case of Thomas Pekny, however, the fun stops for René Heinersdorff. “I find what Thomas is supposed to have done unbearable. I really washed his head, because even as a man I feel very different in the face of such behavior, ”he emphasizes. Heinersdorff does not pronounce the word pity, but draws attention to the fact that Pekny has been a broken man since the trial. “As unsavory as it is, he has been acquitted, and now the public is forcing him to sell his private property. I think it's a big step from him to want to do this now. "
A private stage like the Komödie im Bayerischer Hof is not like a state house: Pekny is the owner of the Margit Bönisch GmbH theater company and as such cannot simply be recalled. "That's why he approached me and suggested that I buy some of his shares from him and take over the management," says Heinersdorff.
But before that happens, the two of them have to come to an agreement with Innegrit Volkhardt, the director of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof, which is the landlord of the stage. But here, too, the possible Pekny successor René Heinersdorff is optimistic: “In the past I have always seen her as an extremely clever, level-headed partner who has a great love for the theater. She sees it with heart and with clarity. ”But now he doesn't want to be the one who urges the other two from outside to make room for him. “For very selfish reasons: I'm in my late 50s, so I don't want to work in a place where everyone argues. A solution should be found that is the best for the company, the employees, and for everyone involved. ”Intensive discussions were being held,But everything will only be official when the notary's appointment is due.
René Heinersdorff doesn't just want to come to Munich from time to time
And then?
If he becomes the new boss, will he even find time to be in Munich longer?
He lives in North Rhine-Westphalia and has four children.
"Definitive.
I definitely don't want to just come by, give a few commands and then leave.
I would feel a certain duty to be there. ”As anticipatory as he says, one has the impression that a little Rhenish cheerfulness could lead the house into a new era.
