Corn in Germany and Other Galaxies

© Jule Sievert

 

Performances 12.-15. May 2015, 9 pm

 

At Ballhaus Naunynstraße. With English surtitles.

Tickets (14/8€): (030) 754 537 25 or online.

 

Text Olivia Wenzel | Directed by Atif Mohammed Nor Hussein | Stage Petra Korink | Dramaturgy Katja Wenzel, Nora Haakh | With Asad Schwarz-Msesilamba, Dela Dabulamanzi, Theo Plakoudakis, Lisa Scheibner, Toks Körner, Isabelle Redfern, Atilla Oener

 

“This is the story of an adolescent in East Germany. It is Noah’s story. His father George leaves the family shortly after Noah is born. He returns to Angola, where he was once born. In Noah’s story, George is the absent father. However, it is not Noah yearning for him but his mother Susanne. And Susanne never yearns for her son.

Mais in Deutschland und anderen Galaxien/Corn in Germany and Other Galaxies is also the story of Noah’s mother Susanne. She was born in East Germany and is misunderstood early on. Consequently she revolts against everyone and everything – against her parents, against the state, against motherhood. Mais in Deutschland und anderen Galaxien is a fairy tale and a comic, repeatedly invaded by reality.”