War or peace—which is more prevalent in human nature? To answer this question, Napoleon and Francis of Assisi send a declaration of war without signiatory to the small mountain republic of Dunkelstein. 

In no time, the inhabitants replace the motto "Never again war!" with "Never again peace!" Ernst Toller's insightful exile play "Never Again Peace" dissects the collapse of pacifist ideals in the face of nationalist warmongering. 

Helga Lázár stages this rarely performed comedy as a grotesque end-times variety show, a virtuoso puppet show in the eternal cycle between destruction and reconciliation.