Michel Friedman: Fremd

In the organizer's words:

READING

Theater am Goetheplatz

With "Fremd", Michel Friedman has created a stirring work that goes far beyond a simple autobiographical narrative. A child, full of fear, comes to Germany in 1965 at the age of 9 - to the land of the murderers who wiped out his parents' families. Here he is supposed to put down roots and build a life. The child of stateless parents does what he can. He wants to be a child. He wants to dream. It 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. With a great sense of nuance and artfully condensed language, Friedman paints a disturbing picture of adolescence in a world that is perceived as alien and dangerous. The touching kaleidoscope of an existential feeling that must be dissected so that it does not consume the soul.

A staged reading with Michel Friedman and the actresses Judith Goldberg and Irene Kleinschmidt Moderation: Tatjana Vogel, co-director of the globale° Literature Festival

In cooperation with KONTRAST - Männermode.