Wednesday, 4. December 2019, 19:00
HAU Hebbel am Ufer

HAU1

2019-12-04 19:00:00 2019-12-04 21:00:00 Europe/Berlin Congo https://www.berlin-buehnen.de/en/schedule/congo/events/210252/ HAU1, Stresemannstraße 29, 10963 Berlin

Congo

Name: Congo
Start: 2019-12-04T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-12-04T21:00:00+01:00
Location: HAU Hebbel am Ufer

Faustin Linyekula / Studios Kabako / Éric Vuillard

Photo: Agathe Poupeney

With “Congo,” Faustin Linyekula, otherwise rather known for his choreographic work, reworks the history of the country’s origins as a theatre piece. For this purpose, he has worked on Éric Vuillard’s book “Congo” (2012) around the emergence of the Congolese state. In the book one can read: “Congo does not exist. There is only a river and the large jungle.” Linyekula himself will be joined on stage by the actors Daddy Moanda Kamono and Pasco Losanganya. Songs from the region as well as field recordings made at rubber plantations form an essential element of the production. Linyekula’s powerful works channel memories and combat their extinction. They trace the consequences of decades of war and violence.