Markus&Markus Theaterkollektiv:
Zwischen den Säulen
Zwischen den Säulen
The performance collective Markus&Markus is part of the so-called German-German mainstream society. They use theater as an opportunity to not only look at a range of topics from the outside but also to examine them from within. Zwischen den Säulen documents the journey into one of the Abrahamic religions: Islam. A scavenger hunt with an unknown goal which chases the hints of an unknown game master. Between fiction and reality, status quo and utopia the whole world isn’t explained but rather a world is being presented.
BY AND WITH Markus&Markus (Katarina Eckold, Lara-Joy Hamann, Markus Schäfer, Markus Wenzel) STAGE, COSTUME Maike Storf LIGHT DESIGN Anahí Pérez
A production by Markus&Markus in coproduction with Staatstheater Darmstadt, Gessnerallee Zürich, LOT Braunschweig, ROXY Birsfelden, Schwankhalle Bremen, Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, Münchner Kammerspiele, FFT Düsseldorf, Mousonturm Frankfurt, Theater Rampe Stuttgart, Lichthof Hamburg, Pavillon Hannover and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by Stiftung Niedersachsen, MWK Niedersachsen, Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., Friedrich Weinhagen Stiftung and Kulturbüro der Stadt Hildesheim. Media partner: taz.die tageszeitung
MARKUS&MARKUS is a THEATERKOLLEKTIV founded in 2011 by students of scenic arts in Hildesheim. The group consists of Lara-Joy Bues, Katarina Eckold, Markus Schäfer and Markus Schmans. Together, the collective stands for its very own form of documentary theatre, passionate investigation and radical lack of perfection.
The works are characterised by intensive research, the results of which are captured on the video level and form an elementary component of the productions. However, the collective is not concerned with depicting a reality in documentary form and explaining the world - instead, the theatre context is decisive for accessing reality.