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The readings will take place in Zwinger 3. In addition, they are available here in livestream and in video following the event.

»Leichenschmaus/Minnesstund« / »Funeral Feast/Wake«
The doorbell rings. Minna is at Jon’s door. She tells him about the tragic death of her son Sackarias with whom Jon was such good friends at school back then. She insists that he come to his memorial service, having been his closest friend and all. There is only one problem: Jon does not know Sackarias. But he doesn’t tell her. He agrees to come. And he starts to rack his brains for this Sackarias. Meanwhile, Sackarias’ sister Lethe has very clear memories of the time with her beloved brother. But: The experience that has shaped Lethes’ life until today never happened in that form. At Sackarias’ funeral, the confusion reaches its peak. Within this small family circle, reconstructing the past turns into a tragicomic struggle for truth, love and presumed certainties. Sitting in the middle of all that, Jon empathises more and more with the role of the deceased’s best friend.

»Girls will make you blush«
»Girls will make you blush« is a combination of dance and theatre and shows what happens in the minds and bodies of girls during puberty. Becoming a woman is one of the most important and urgent issues of all. How does society treat girls who are becoming women? Is female sexuality as delicate, fragile and non-existent as often described? Why is menstruation so stigmatised that the blood in tampon ads is blue and transparent? A fast-paced and fun roller-coaster ride full of energy where the voices of young women are loud and shameless. Direct and disarmingly serious in its humour. »We’re Not Sorry – We’re the Motherfucking Girls!«

»Hierarchy of Needs«
A play set in a brutal and chaotic period, shaped by war and insurmountable frontiers between people. A young actor wants to stage a play with his friends. He steps onto the stage in one country, his friends in another country, where a war is raging. They are in the same environment – the theatre – but in different places. He tries to communicate with his friends via a digital screen. At the same time, he’s meeting an actress at the theatre who is supposed to take over a part in his play. Reality begins to dissolve. The text is direct, poetic and disturbing. It switches between reality and fantasy on three different time lines. What belongs to the past, what belongs to the present? Who is alive, who is dead? Which human needs are universal?