Leer/Stand - Der Brotladen von Antigone Akgün, frei nach Bertolt Brecht

In the organizer's words:

Concrete is the new gold, rents are rising. At the same time, stores, houses and entire complexes are standing empty. How are vacancy and displacement connected? What structures underlie this and what does it mean for people?
In his play fragment "The Bread Shop", Bertolt Brecht reveals the workings of the market around 1929. In vivid language, he paints a picture of a meritocracy that is forever stepping downwards: the banks, the real estate agent, the shopkeeper, the paperboy, the widow with her hungry children...
What is it like today, almost 100 years later, in (post-)pandemic neo-capitalism? Based on Brecht's fragment and in dialog with urban society, Antigone Akgün and Christian Freund transform the Rabbit Hole Theater into a narrative space. Who owns the city? What to do in the face of the powerlessness of the dispossessed? What kind of political awareness does Brecht's agitation encounter today - and how can theater be used to tell stories about the injustice of the world in an empathetic, distancing and entertaining way?

"This performance is epic theater taken to the extreme." (Die Deutsche Bühne)

"Antigone Akgün's production (...) beautifully demonstrates the power Brecht's epic theater still has when charismatic actors and a serious, contemporary concern come together." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

"Ludicrous. [...] The actor Christian Freund mercilessly destroys every form of illusion. Roles are announced, passages are played several times and in completely different and exaggerated ways. Sentences are repeated until you hardly forget them." (Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung)

Price information:

Tickets are reserved on the theater's website and will be accepted at the Box Office. Discounts will be considered at the Box Office.