Barrrbie ein Puppenheim

In the organizer's words:

I'm a Barbie girl
in the Barbie world
Life in plastic
It's fantastic

Barbie's world is pink - there are no diseases, no wars, no crises. Each cog nestles into the next and together they work towards omnipresent perfection. It's a fairytale universe, a haven for women, for children, for everyone. But how fragile is this construction?

In his rewriting of "Nora. A Doll's Home", Emre Akal transfers the plot of Ibsen's drama to the world of Barbie and Ken. What would Nora's life be like if she could create it like Barbie herself? As Barbie, she is successful, talented and radiantly healthy. She herself is the center of her 'utopian' cosmos. So everything is fantastic, but when a dark secret from her past comes to light, the system comes apart at the seams.

In a symbiosis between stage design and visual art, a world is created between analog and virtual reality. The digital reality, designed and created by the artist duo Mehmet & Kazim, merges with the sculptural stage architecture of Lara Roßwag. Emre Akal is an award-winning author and director. In his works, he interweaves choreography, installation and image composition. His works have been shown at renowned theaters such as the Bakirköy Municipal Theater in Istanbul, the Münchner Kammerspiele and the Schauspielhaus Graz. On his initiative, the Ayse X Staatstheater was founded in 2019 as a counter-project to the institutional theater landscape. The project explores the possibilities of a new intersectional and diversified theater practice.