Sunday, 8. December 2019, 20:00
Deutsches Theater Berlin

Box und Bar

2019-12-08 20:00:00 2019-12-08 22:00:00 Europe/Berlin At the time of the queen mother (Zu der Zeit der Königinmutter) by Fiston Mwanza Mujila https://www.berlin-buehnen.de/en/schedule/zu-zeit-koeniginmutter/events/210046/ Box und Bar, Schumannstraße 13, 10117 Berlin

At the time of the queen mother (Zu der Zeit der Königinmutter)

Name: At the time of the queen mother (Zu der Zeit der Königinmutter)
Start: 2019-12-08T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Deutsches Theater Berlin

Photo: Arno Declair

by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Translated from French by Katharina Meyer and Lena Müller

The regulars at the New Jersey Bar are long past their prime. In this barroom, located somewhere in the world, they tell stories from the time of the Queen Mother. Back then, beer flowed plentifully, nights never ended, and the women who could have it all shone with beauty. Addressing the newcomer who enters the bar, these stranded marginalised figures tell stories about never-ending intoxication, drunkenness, vomit and the jasmine scent of the queens. They have not been waiting for this stranger, but maybe their fading memories become enlivened by his presence. For, as it says in the play, "Words have no value unless brought into a state of existence."

At the Time of the Queen Mother is the first play written in German by Fiston Mwanza Mujila . He makes it sound musical. Sensual, unrestrained and rousing, he tells the story of a place on the margins of space and time.

Web: www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan/zeit-der-koeniginmutter https://www.deutschestheater.de/programm/spielplan/zeit-der-koeniginmutter/

Dates

Venue

Deutsches Theater Berlin

Stage:

Box und Bar
Schumannstraße 13
10117 Berlin

Characteristics

Premiere in Germany

Tickets

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18.00 EUR

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Cast

Director: Charlotte Sprenger
Stage Design/Costumes: Aleksandra Pavlović
Live Music: Jonas Landerschier
Lighting: Peter Grahn
Dramaturgy: Franziska Trinkaus
: Harald Baumgartner; Franziska Machens; Kara Schröder; Caner Sunar; Niklas Wetzel
Live Music: Jonas Landerschier; Philipp Haagen