Theater/Performance

MEHMET LIEBT FRIEDEN / MEHMET LIEBT BARIŞ

MEHMET BARIŞ’I SEVİYOR (Theater)

SUN 23.11. 18h Kaserne Basel

‘Mehmet Barış’ı Seviyor’ means, on the one hand, that Mehmet loves peace; on the other hand, it alludes to a homosexual relationship. Mehmet is a homosexual Kurd, who refused to enter military service in Turkey and was imprisoned for it. In rapidly changing scenes the dancers / performers work with a hand-held camera, invoke computer war games, and deploy aircraft noises.

HÄSSLICHES MENSCHLEIN / ÇİRKİN İNSAN YAVRUSU (Theater)

SUN 23.11. 19:30h Kaserne Basel

Three women – a Kurd, a lesbian and a religious woman tell about their lives in Turkey. They have one thing in common: all of them are confronted by society's prejudices and interventions. Three cleverly cut, subjective views presented in monologues, which lead to the question they all have in common: how it is possible to be

Further Dates:

SAT 08.11. 20:30h & SUN 09.11. 19:00h Schlachthaus, Bern

THU 13. & FRI 14.11. 21:15h Rote Fabrik, Zürich

DER SCHREI DER EURYDIKE / EVRİDİKE’NİN ÇIĞLIĞI (Theater)

SUN 30.11. 18h Kaserne (im Anschluss Publikumsgespräch)
TUE 02.12. 20h Kaserne Basel

Şahika Tekand / Studio Oyuncuları, Istanbul

In her interpretations of the Antigone theme Şahika Tekand, the artistic director of the Istanbul theatre group Studio Oyuncuları, is particularly interested in the concepts of the rights of others, of freedom of expression, belief and opinion as well as in the just exercise of the law. The performance shows, very impressively, how this ancient drama, about the irreconcilability of reasons of state and divine right, can still develop an incredible pull on us today.