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August 13th, 1961: the GDR government shuts down the
border between West and East Berlin, which to this day had been a more or less permeable line. At first it is only barbed wire, but it soon develops later a veritable wall, later known as the trench of death, which separates families, lovers and friends and presents them
with unknown conflicts and momentous decisions, many make desperate, but unsuccessful attempts at flight.
Like a burning glass the “Bernauer Straße” focuses the fate of the city of Berlin and its
inhabitants. The border runs exactly in the middle of the street and on its eastern side house
walls suddenly become part of the new border wall. Parents throw their children from the
windows of the bordering houses; an old woman, hanging out of one of these windows, is held back by GDR-soldiers on the one side and
drawn down by passengers on the other; in what seems to be a last-minute chance, a GDR soldier in uniform jumps over the barbed wire into the West, his rifle still in his hand. In the weeks to follow several people begin to dig tunnels – for themselves or to help friends and family members to an unseen escape into the West.
The directors Alex Byrne and Kjell Moberg took these events at the “Bernauer Straße” as a
starting point for a theatrical journey into recent German history, played by an international
cast with actors of JES and New International Encounter (NIE).
For native speakers, from 14 +
Mama Salt and Papa Pepper
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An amusing, slapstick-like piece about women and men, girls and boys, concentrating on the dramatic languages of music and movements. The starting point are the morning rituals of a couple, from getting up to the matutinal shower, from dressing to breakfast.
For native speakers , 4 years +
Minor Matters
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Together with the audience the storyteller brings to life a farm. Once a farmer had lived here. He tilled the ground, tended the cattle. He was content. But suddenly he started to think something was missing, too calm and tidy was his life going along.
For native speakers, from 6 years +
Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear
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Bug Muldoon is the best private investigator in the whole Garden, not to mention the cheapest. An exciting and funny play for everyone who loves detective stories.
For native speakers from 9 years +