»Der Fröhliche Weinberg« premiered in 1925 – the same year that Adolf Hitler’s hate pamphlet »Mein Kampf« was published. In his comedy, playwright Carl Zuckmayer sings the praises of German Gemütlichkeit, but barely mentions the fascist threat. »Back then, we still believed we could laugh it off at the top of our lungs – until one day there was nothing left to laugh about«, he states in 1961.
Exactly 100 years later, the performance collective Boys* in Sync takes Carl Zuckmayer’s German vineyard idyll as an opportunity to reflect on theater and the joy of laughter. While right-wing governments are swinging into power in many places around the world, the artists from Poland, Sweden, Norway and Germany are producing their very own »international comedy«: In SECOND SEASON, they shed light with seriousness and queer pleasure on the stories we tell in the theater – and why it never matters…
The Berlin performance is part of the »BOYS* IN SYNC Going Home Tour«: For one month, the artists will travel through five different European countries with their narrative performance. This project is supported by Performing Arts Hub Norway, Arts and Culture Norway, Nordic Culture Point and Kulturstöd Göteborg.
BOYS* IN SYNC is a performance collective with members from Germany, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden and Denmark. Their works move between the poles of queer body practice, pop aesthetics and documentary performance. Permanent members are the puppeteer Ragni Halle, the actors Livia Hiselius and Jay Tebogo Fiskerstrand, the musician Gregers Hansen, the dancer Jakob Krog and the director Simon David Zeller. Since 2019, the group has been invited to the Fringe Festival Edinburgh, Fast Forward Festival Dresden, Performing Arts Festival Berlin, Frie Felts Festival Copenhagen and Autor:innentheatertage Berlin, among others.
Most recently, Boys* were in sync with ZAPFENSTREICH at Ballhaus Ost. www.boysinsync.com
