The youth version
What remains when a world disappears? And what does it mean to be different when society does not naturally make room for it?
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Verglühende Landschaften – Von Ost nach Jetzt
Anja is 15 when the Wall comes down in 1989. Having grown up in the GDR, she experiences the upheaval first-hand. She becomes a punk, falls in love with her first girlfriend and experiences the right-wing violence of the so-called ‘baseball bat years’.
The Bandentheater combines biographical theatre, acrobatics on the Chinese pole, live music and video to create a vibrant production about the fall of the Wall, freedom, queerness, democracy and coming of age in times of social upheaval.
Particularly in light of today’s shift to the right, the play invites young people to contribute their own questions and perspectives.
Following the performance, there will be a moderated audience discussion with Dirk Kalinowski, the singer of the GDR punk band Zerfall, on youth culture and punk in the GDR, as well as the period of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the post-reunification era.
- Youth play, suitable for ages 12 and over
- Book tickets at bandentheater@gmx.de
Please note:
The Federal Archives – Stasi Records Archive is offering a guided tour at 4.30 pm before the performance:
A glimpse into the secret – a guided tour of the Stasi Records Archive with a look inside the archive
Places are limited; please register at: einblick-ins-geheime@bundesarchiv.de or 030 18665-6770
IN GERMAN
Additional information
Dates
October 2026
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