Concept and Direction: Gob Squad / Performance: Johanna Freiburg, Sean Patten, Sharon Smith, Berit Stumpf, Sarah Thom, Bastian Trost, Simon Will / Sounddesign: Jeff McGrory / Videodesign: Miles Chalcraft / Lighting Design: Max Wegner / Set & Costumes: Glamour Glaneur (Tatiana Saphir/Tamara Saphir/ Moriya Matityahu) / Dramaturgy and Production Management: Christina Runge / Artistic Assistant: Mat Hand / Set assistance: Amina Nouns / Gob Squad Management: Eva Hartmann / Touring Manager: Mat Hand / Finance Management: Caroline Gentz / Communication and Public Relations: Alexandra Lauck / UK Producer: Ayla Suveren
Gob Squad
I Love You, Goodbye (The Brexit and Beyond Edition)
- Theatre
German /
English /
6 hrs.
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How could you say Ich liebe dich, when you never actually understood my culture?
We are products of history, you and I. We are the outcome of decisions made in special councils, debating chambers, bedrooms and boardrooms. Pledged to be wed before we had even laid eyes on each other, like royal houses that after centuries of fighting, marry off their children to each other (Hannover, Wetting, Windsor and Saxe Coburg). In the name of “Never Again” it was our destiny to be together.
When we met at the university exchange, you and I, we both ended up sitting together in the identity politics class where it was love at first sight. We believed it was us that were making the choices, that we were in the driving seat. All the choices that we made, we saw as part of who we were rather than some prearranged destiny.
Your exotic ways were novel, your knowledge of foreign language films and your wild desire to get naked anywhere was both shocking and exciting. You loved my sense of humour and my cheap taste in fashion… Oh and your accent! Our differences gave us decades of amusement and fascination.
In fact on the subject of language, what does the word Heimat precisely mean? In the mean time history has moved on and everything has changed behind our backs. On 31 January, 2020, the UK is set to leave the EU. Following the first “Brexit edition” in 2019, “I Love You, Goodbye (The Brexit and Beyond Edition)” is back at HAU Hebbel am Ufer as a six-hour happening on the verge of a European breakdown.
Cast
Dates
Past
Notes:
Admission at all times.
Credits
Production: Gob Squad, HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Co-Production: FFT Düsseldorf. Funded by the state of Berlin, Chancellery of the Berlin Senate for Culture and Europe.
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Location
HAU1
Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Access to the Parkett by means of a separate entrance with lift when necessary. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can be booked via the ticketing system. If you need any help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email at
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
