Productions

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Linke Hände

Musiktheaterkollektiv Hauen und Stechen

The musical lecture performance »Linke Hände« is dedicated to various positions of female artists in the GDR on ideals and ideology, repression and the reality of their country. It tells of the possibilities, decisions and lives of these artists, follows in their footsteps and into their work, is a documentary, declaration of love, punk concert, question time and essay all in one.

An important foil is Brigitte Reimann’s strongly autobiographical novel character Franziska Linkerhand – the young architect who wants to build liveable cities and dwellings and fails. Her contradictions between artistic and human ideals and disillusionment are reflected in a radical and unique way in the work of oppositional female artists of the seventies and eighties such as Gabriele Stötzer and Cornelia Schleime. Their transgressive, visual art took place in close proximity to music projects, political engagement, punk and fashion undergrounds.

 

The music theater collective Hauen und Stechen developed its works in cellars and on opera stages. It stands for a poetic, multifaceted and wild theatrical language that marks a political and idiosyncratic position in music theater. For this special evening of lectures at Ballhaus Ost in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, the collective invites the GDR punk formation Rosa Beton onto the stage and gives almost forgotten works – texts, pictures, actions, film art – and biographies a platform from which to explore the peculiarities and idiosyncrasies of artistic creation in the GDR.

 

N O T E S:
There are moments with loud music.

Premiere

  • Dec 20, 2024

Upcoming Dates

  • Dec 20, 2024, 20:00
  • Dec 21, 2024, 20:00
  • Dec 22, 2024, 18:00

Tickets

15 | 10 Euros
Tickets can be purchased by phone, mail or online.
For online tickets, 13% presale fee and 2,- Euro service fee are charged in addition to the basic ticket price by the provider Reservix.

Duration

105 minutes

Language

German

Performance

Angela Braun, Gina-Lisa Maiwald

Keyboards

Roman Lemberg

Rosa Beton

Thomas Wagner (Guitar, Vocals), Thomas Trenkel (Bass, Vocals), Martina Dünkelmann (Moog, Vocals) und Alexander Lode (Drums)

Direction

Franziska Kronfoth

Stage design

Thorbjörn Björnsson

Costumes

Wieland Lemke

Video

Jakob Klaffs

Direction assistence

Tabea Papritz

Production management

Philip Decker

 
A production by the music theater collective Hauen und Stechen in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost.
Funded by the Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, the Amt für Weiterbildung und Kultur, Fachbereich Kunst und Kultur im Bezirksamt Pankow and the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung. With the kind support of theaterhaus berlin.