»ALLE UNSERE GESTERN« tells the story of a family in northern Italy in the 1930s and 1940s whose supportive community is torn apart by fascism and war. While leaflets are secretly burned in the oven and the men are sent to the front, hunger, loss, and fear become part of everyday life. At the center of the story is Anna, the youngest: she loses loved ones, becomes pregnant unintentionally, marries hastily, and leaves her home. In the southern Italian province, she seeks a new place in life—between self-determination, resistance, and the question of what freedom means. Natalia Ginzburg’s language is simple and precise, full of tenderness and humor, and that is precisely where its power lies: it allows us to feel the force of politics in our private lives. At a time when right-wing ideologies are regaining strength, democracies are under pressure, and feminist achievements are being called into question, the production at Ballhaus Ost opens up a sensual and political space in which the past and the present collide.
Holle Münster stages works by contemporary and classical authors and, together with the theater collective Prinzip Gonzo, develops genre-defining, participatory game theater formats, where her long-standing collaboration with film and theater actress Anna von Haebler began. Natalia Ginzburg (1916-1991) wrote novels, short stories, plays, and essays, including »All Our Yesterdays« in 1952. The novel was first published in Germany in 2009 and will premiere at Ballhaus Ost.
