Turbo Pascal: Die Paten – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Turbo Pascal:
Die Paten
Die Paten
Die Paten is an encounter and fight between two men on par with one another: Frank (38), a theater producer from Neukölln, and Alper (17), a student from Kreuzberg, both are passionate fans of the movie The Godfather. Their views, however, of the mafia and family saga differ extremely. In a discussion about inheritance, family, gangster competencies and images of masculinity they imposingly and playfully step into the cult classic character of the Godfather.
CONCEPT Turbo Pascal VIDEO Paula Reissig WITH Frank Oberhäußer, Alper Yildiz, students of Hector-Peterson-Oberschule (on video)
A production by Turbo Pascal in cooperation with Heimathafen Neukölln. Funded by the Berliner Projektfonds Kulturelle Bildung. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung
Photo © Milan Benak
Turbo Pascal develops interactive performances that turn the theater into a meeting and negotiation space for social processes, dynamics and utopias. The collective also realizes participatory projects with citizens who, due to their biographies, bring contradictory perspectives into play and conceives formats for discussions and encounters. The collective works continuously with the Sophiensæle, Theater an der Parkaue and Bürger:Bühne am Staatsschauspiel Dresden. Performances have been invited to numerous festivals in German-speaking countries (including Impulse Theater Festival, Politik im Freien Theater). Turbo Pascal was awarded the George Tabori Prize in 2018.
