Isabelle Redfern/MamaNoSing: Datscha | Sep 25 26 27, Oct 12 13 | Festsaal – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Isabelle Redfern/MamaNoSing:
Datscha
Datscha
Auf Deutsch - in German
10€/15€
Premiere
„If you have a good idea in IT, a really good one, and money will chase you!
- And now look around you, you live like in a lifestyle magazine, but your ideals...”
Golda Barton slims down Maxim Gorky's socially critical work Summer Guests about social advancement, classism, lifestyles and discarded ideals and, in her modern rewrite, transports the protagonists to a summer retreat in the Berlin countryside. But how safe is this countryside for not white-passing women today? Why is the income gap between Leeta, Cathrin, Mardja, Julia and their husbands so wide? Is it just coincidence or is it because they themselves are the first in their families to go to university, while their husbands are white West German heirs? And why do Wolle and Kelly, with their unconventional lifestyle, seem so much happier than the academic women among them?
With biting wit and fast-paced dialogue, Barton takes the century-old play to the height of current discourse. Director Isabelle Redfern and choreographer Ute Pliestermann, together with live music by Anton Berman, lend the play and entertaining dance-performative touch.
This deals with poverty, racism, eating disorders and suicide.
Duration
- 100 minutes without break
Language
- German spoken language with short parts in English spoken language
- The play is text-heavy.
Light
- The lighting mood is alternately bright and dark.
- There are strong lighting effects.
Sound
- There are a few musical interludes, but they are not surprising or abrupt.
- There are some sounds that overlap.
Other
- Stage fog is used.
Interaction
- The piece is interactive. The audience is addressed directly.
- At some points, the audience is asked to take part in voting processes through gestures and noises.
- The audience is divided into small seating groups and also interacts with each other there.
- Parts of the audience move around the room and change places.
- At some points, the audience can interact with each other.
- All interaction is voluntary.
Audience area
- There is no grandstand. There are different seating options distributed around the room. Stools, chairs with backrests, beanbags and wheelchair spaces are available.
- 2 beanbag seats bookable according to availability
- 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability
Early boarding
- If, fo artistic reasons, the doors open shortly before the show, Early boarding is possible. A loudspeaker announcement will be made a few minutes in advance.
Tickets
- Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
- Via the online ticket shop
- At the box office
You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Director: Isabelle Redfern
Authorship: Golda Barton
Choreography: Ute Pliestermann
Artistic assistance: Julia Boxheimer
Music: Anton Berman
Stage: Lani Tran-Duc
Costume: You-Jin Seo
Dramaturgy: Jens Hillje
Stage assistance: Nikola Čiča
Production: Michiko Günther
Press: Tom Müller-Heuser
With: Peggy Bachmann, Anton Berman, Diana Marie Müller, Trang Le Hong, Isabelle Redfern, Sylvana Seddig
A production by MamaNoSing in co-production with Sophiensæle. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesian. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
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