Author: Olesia Vitiuk

BIRTH FACTORY – an interdisciplinary concert performance about giving birth and being born
as part of the Schall-und-Rausch-Festival of the Komische Oper Berlin

Between intimacy and social appropriation: together with musicians Peter Florian Berndt (lute, electronics) and Dominik Tremel (harpsichord, electronics), Anke Retzlaff (viola da gamba, performance) embarks on a radically sensual journey with texts by Kathrin Liess and testimonials from women in childbirth to explore one of the most primal themes: birth. On the border between club night and performance, baroque and electronics, text and original sound, pregnant bodies become a dance floor for society.

February 14, 2025 at 8:30 p.m.  &  February 16, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.
In SchwuZ Queer Club, Rollbergstraße 26,12053 Berlin

THE BARBARIANS
by Jerry Lieblich
Director: Paul Lazar

Imaginative, hilarious, word-drunk, THE BARBARIANS  examines power of words and words of power: what makes an order legitimate? Who proclaims a King and what is a substance of a King’s speech as such? Is it the declaration of war or the war itself — what if a President declared a war, but the words wouldn’t work?

Sara Holdren, theater critic at Vulture, listed The Barbarians as one of 18 plays and musicals to see in this upcoming season!

The world premiere will take place on February 14, 2025 at Ellen Stewart Theatre, New York.
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THE DAY OF THE BEARS (dt. DER TAG DER BÄREN)
A research trip by Ana Trpenoska
In the company of les dramaturx

Winter of 2023: together with Macedonian author Ana Trpenoska, les dramaturx travel to a national park in North Macedonia to visit one of the largest free-living bear populations in Europe. Once there, several surprises await them…

The world premiere will take place on February 14, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the Schauspielhaus Hamburg/ MalerSaal.
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ANNA by Ella Hickson
Concept by Ella Hickson, Max Ringham & Ben Ringham
German translation: Lisa Wegener
Director: Walter Meierjohann

East Berlin, 1968: a party in Anna and Hans’ apartment.
Hans has been promoted and guests come over to toast his success. Hans’ new superior also turns up, and with him – lies about Anna’s veiled past…
Written by playwright Ella Hickson and developed in collaboration with sound designers Ben and Max Ringham, ANNA unfolds with the suspense of a spy thriller. The audience follows the play via headphones and from the perspective of the main character.

The German premiere will take place on February 8, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Theater Neubrandenburg.
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KEIMZELLEN (orig. Les Gametes) by Rébecca Déraspe
German translation by Gerda Poschmann-Reichenau
Director: Michael Steindl

February 1 &  February 2, 2025 – Guest performance of Theater Duisburg at Staatsschauspiel Dresden

Aude and Lou are best friends, and for 35 years they have been able to find solace in each other’s sorrows of all kinds. For example, on Aude’s birthdays, when the ambitious civil engineer has a nervous breakdown every year. Lou – author of a feminist blog – naturally has an explanation for this: fear of ageing in a society where only youth and flawless beauty count. However, this time it’s different: Aude is pregnant. And her foetus has trisomy 21. Lou advises an abortion, Aude wants to keep the baby but doubts about her partner’s support.
The two women argue relentlessly openly about life and their own values – a declaration of love to female friendship.

AZUR ODER DIE FARBE VON WASSER
by Lisa Wentz
Director: David Bösch
Theater in der Josefstadt Wien

Hannes and Geri are young and in love, which Hannes’ mother sees as a punishment from God. The fact that they are both taught at a Catholic boarding school and that they are victims of sexual abuse will leave deep rifts across the generations.

The world premiere takes places on January 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
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ATLAS – A stage essay
by Calle Fuhr
in cooperation with CORRECTIV

The world premiere will take place on January 30, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at Schauspielhaus Hamburg (Malersaal).
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OEDIPUS after Sophocles
in a new adaptation by Ella Hickson
Directed by Matthew Warchus and Hofesh Shechter
at the Old Vic

The world premiere takes place on January 21, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Vic London.