ELLBOGEN
ELLBOGEN
By FATMA AYDEMİR
»I wanted the things that everyone else had ... But I never got them. It was always impossible. It couldn’t be done, for whatever reason. ... A life of my own, you know? But impossible, these are totally normal things, but for me they’re completely out of reach.«
In her furious debut novel Ellbogen (Elbow), Fatma Aydemir tells the story of seventeen-year-old Hazal Akgündüz. Hazal was born in Berlin. Her parents come from Turkey. She longs for love, for security. Hanging out with her friends isn’t really enough. Actually, it's always about the search for happiness. »Every knobhead just wants to be happy«. A stolen lipstick. Later, an eruption of brutal violence. When the police start looking for her, Hazal flees to Istanbul. She's never been there before. Is it now the place where her life can begin? »My name is Hazal Akgündüz, my topic is survival.«
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Premiere 6/April 2024
Foto: Esra Rotthoff
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Cast
By FATMA AYDEMİR
»Wie eine Jury sitzen schauen und hören wir von unseren sicher separierten Sitzen im 360-Grad-Kreis, wie Schauspielerin Aysima Ergün uns anhand einer eindrucksvollen Performance von collagenhaften Alltagssituationen versucht, begreiflich zu machen, wie ihre Figur nebenbei zu einem Mord getrieben werden konnte. Eigentlich traurig, dass das zum Nachvollziehen dieser Tat reicht. In Punkto Ignoranzbekämpfung aber sehr hilfreich.«
Graciela Peralta, Theater der Zeit»This one-woman show starring Aysima Ergün really does – as its name, “elbow,“ suggests – throw some ´bows. Under the direction of Studio Я artistic leader Murat Dikenci, the play confronts its audience with a striking tale of intersectional rage and woe, adapted from Fatma Aydemir´s novel of the same name.«
The Berliner, Oktober 2024
»Ein Abend, der atmosphärisch in zwei Teile zerfällt, aber durchweg von der starken Präsenz der Solo-Darstellerin getragen wird.«
Stefan Bock, KULTUR-EXTRA
Maxim Gorki Theater
Stage:
Studio Я
Hinter dem Gießhaus 2
10117 Berlin