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Among You

Je promène ma mélancolie parmi vous / by Thomas Depryck

World premiere
World premiere
Theatre
Zwinger 1
German by Frank Wiegand / Commissioned by Theater und Orchester Heidelberg / in German

Who are we if we don’t live in our home anymore? What happens in our bodies when the language we speak every day is not our mother tongue?  Why do Europeans feel uprooted in Europe? »Among You« is a performance in French and German that works without surtitles. A journey between Belgium and Germany and a profession of love to multilingualism and to Europe. An ode to constant adaptation and translation.

Director Suzanne Emond grew up in Belgium with French and Slovakian. Since 2016, she has been living in Germany and regularly works with German and English. »Among You« is the second time she is working with renowned Belgian author Thomas Depryck who among others won the Internationaler Autor*innenwettbewerb (International Writers’ Competition) of Heidelberger Stückemarkt in 2016.

In a post-performance discussion on 14 March 2025, Johanna Straavaldsen (Afloat Heidelberg), Denise Marinho (päd-aktiv e. V. Heidelberg), Santiago Campos (sound engineer at Zwinger 1) and Suzanne Emond (director) talk to the production's ensemble about multilingualism as a resource.

Direction
Stage Design and Costumes
Translation
Frank Weigand
Dramaturgy
Kristina
Prof. Dr. Dr. Marius Wagner
Assistant Direction
Corinna Reichle
Soufflage
Sarah Kreß
Interpreters
Valentine Agnelli, Anna Skenderoglou, Alicia Solzbacher
Internship Direction
Alicia Arens
Costume Assistant
Clara Akemi Wilkening

The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg.
A complete list of all employees of the technical departments involved can be found here.