Mission (im)possible - in the end lies the beginning

The advanced drama course has been collaboratively developing this piece for over a year, taking as its starting point a visit to the exhibition Prinzip Held* by Rimini Protokoll. The process began with a close examination of well-known, traditional heroic narratives.

Very quickly, questions arose: who is actually recognised as a hero? Why do we automatically associate heroism with masculinity, combat and strength? And what about the many struggles people face that remain unseen?

It was precisely these biographical stories that sparked the students’ interest. They created a space in which they could share and stage their personal battles, vulnerabilities and uncertainties. They wrote their own texts, produced stop-motion films, crafted props from pizza boxes and composed music tracks.

In addition, each of the eleven performers developed their own individual hero scenes – because everyone wanted, at some point, to take centre stage, to shine and to be seen. The result is a collage of biography and pop culture, a rapid interplay between personal stories and individual moments of heroism.

The desire for heroes who can fix everything that is going wrong is strong – especially in a time when crisis has become the norm. Mission (im)possible poses the question of how we ourselves can take action if we stop waiting for supposed heroes.

With

Abdullah Ayash, Mahdi Brahmi, Ilayda Tuana Burghardt, Basel El Ammar, Anıl Karaalp, Aleksander Kolodziejczyk, Zeinab Noureddine, Milo Ost, Lisa Sophie Reddig, Iman Shafique, Maria Trotimov

• Merle Müller – Course leader
• Thorsten Spiller – Head of the Technology Club
• Larissa Kleeb – End credits video design
• Elective course Culture garde 8, Jörg Landgraf – Stop-motion films