Gintersdorfer/Klaßen

Der Botschafter – Ein deutsch-westafrikanisches Singspiel

  • Dance
  • Theatre
120min

In times of military coups and power struggles, ambassadors in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea or the Côte d’Ivoire are faced with different tasks than those in diplomatic circles in Paris or Washington. Gintersdorfer/Klaßen's performers anarchically adopt the strategies of German ambassadors who have spent a long time living and working in West African countries. As diverse as the diplomats’ approaches are, one thing is common to all of them in their various sites of operation, which were not of their own choosing: They move within their own customs of thinking and acting, they are immediately noticeable among the population for their privileges and their whiteness.

A team of musicians and performers from the Côte d’Ivoire and Germany transform stories about power and powerlessness, distance and involvement into a speculative game. Gintersdorfer/Klaßen joyfully adapt to the role of the ambassador in their new production.

Production: Gintersdorfer/Klaßen. Coprodction: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Kampnagel, FFT Düsseldorf. Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund and Elbkulturfonds Hamburg.

Cast

Produktion: Gintersdorfer/Klaßen / Regie: Monika Gintersdorfer / Ausstattung: Knut Klaßen / Mit: Annick Prisca Agbadou, Gotta Depri, Jule Flierl, Ted Gaier, Hauke Heumann, Jesseline Preach, Tucké Royale, Eric Parfait Francis Taregue alias SKelly, Anne Tismer, Hans Unstern, Franck Edmond Yao alias Gadoukou la Star

Dates

Past
  • Wed 20.1.2016, 20:00 / HAU2
  • Thu 21.1.2016, 20:00 / HAU2
  • Fri 22.1.2016, 20:30 / HAU2
  • Sat 23.1.2016, 20:30 / HAU2

Location

HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

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