BEATRIZ 1968 is at once a novel adaptation, an immersive historical spectacle, a question-and-answer session, a concert and a cast. In this musical lecture-performance, a collective of minstrels roams through the archives of the Paris May, the Prague Spring and the opposition movements in the GDR.
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Beatriz 1968
Inspired by Irmtraud Morgner’s fictional character Beatriz de Dia, they follow the historical traces of revolutionary hope and witness the triumph of the imagination. The medieval troubadour Beatriz awakens after an 800-year slumber amidst the upheavals of 1968 and, amidst all the contradictions, clings to the possibility of a different life – an act of defiant affirmation of life.
How could the poetry of the streets be recounted in the GDR? And above all: how can we still sing of it today?
In pursuit of fantastical visions of the future and driven by a desire to reinvent life, the troubadours climb onto the barricades made from ruined greengrocers’ shops, where they give voice to both old and new songs of resistance.
The music theatre collective Hauen und Stechen develops its work in cellars and on opera stages and has been creating radically accessible music theatre since 2012. In its productions, it combines prominent and obscure music from various genres with influences from drama, opera, film, philosophy, visual arts and performance.
- Performed in German and French.
- With German surtitles.
- The performance on Sat 19 Dec 2026 at 8.00 pm will feature a tactile tour (6.45 pm) and live audio description (introduction: 7.45 pm).
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Accessibility
- The performance on Saturday 19 December 2026 at 8.00 pm will feature a tactile guided tour (6.45 pm) and live audio description (introduction: 7.45 pm).
Dates
December 2026
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