Fremd

In the organizer's words:

Fremd - by Michel Friedman - A production of Schauspiel Hannover - on November 23, 2024 - Schauspielhaus, Großes Haus

The publicist, philosopher and lawyer Michel Friedman has published a touching and very personal book, "Fremd". Director Stephan Kimmig brings this extraordinary text to the stage for the first time with a four-person ensemble. We are delighted to be able to present this important production in November as a guest performance by Schauspiel Hannover in the main theater.

A child, full of fear, comes to Germany - to the land of the murderers who have wiped out his parents' families. The child of stateless parents does what he can. He wants to be a child. He wants to dream. He wants to live. But what he also experiences is hatred of Jews, racism and exclusion - and a traumatized nuclear family that threatens to suffocate him with fear and care.

The child who speaks in "Fremd" is autobiographical. "At the same time, however, it stands for many with similar experiences: Discrimination and exclusion by mainstream society, being 'different'. In addition, the injuries and wounds of the parents. In my case, through the Holocaust," says Friedman. It is about fear as well as love, about loneliness as well as the hope of overcoming it. It is a plea for difference and against inhumanity.