queering of age
feige glanz & fervor
The final day of the festival invites you to the queerst sleepover you’ve ever experienced. Make yourself comfortable at the intimate, laid-back performance queering of age and listen to autofictional stories by feige glanz & fervor – about queerphobia, grappling with one’s family of origin, and lustful desire set between West Germany and southern Brazil. For a brief moment, the performers become your best friends, and their vulnerability invites you to be kind to yourself too.
Through conversation, drama and literary fragments, different realities of life, languages and perspectives intertwine. It is an evening that dares to get close: honest, vulnerable and sometimes uncomfortable. This production stands out particularly in times of increasing anti-queer violence: it opens up a space for what often remains invisible – and for what needs to be said.
Queering of age is aimed at everyone who is in the midst of puberty or wants to look back on it with a touch of melancholy – or is ready to embark on a new one. And to anyone who fancies reclaiming and re-experiencing the heteronormative pop-cultural narratives of the 2000s from a queer perspective. And if you think this has nothing to do with you: just pop along. You might be surprised at just how much you belong.
Text: Thusnelda Marín Jungmann for FAVORITEN Festival
Veranstaltungsort
Theater im Depot
Immermannstraße 29
44147 Dortmund
Mitwirkende
Performance, direction, dramaturgical composition: Marina Fervenza, Mareike Fiege and Cosmo Glanc // Set and costume design, Inside Eye: Dženny Samardžić //
Production: feige glanz & fervor // Technical support, sound design, Outside Eye: Vito Oliveira Azevedo // Social media, graphics: Studio Flitzi // Dramaturgical consultancy: Rika Sakalak // Relaxed performance consultancy: Lea Gockel
Über die Künstler*innen
feige glanz & fervor works at the intersection of text, space and memory, with a focus on queer perspectives and intersectional accessibility. The collective was founded by theatre makers Cosmo Glanc, Mareike Fiege and Marina Fervenza. Through the medium of text-based work, acting, social work and literature, the three bring together different physicalities, cultural backgrounds and languages – including in their artistic practice.
Notes
Förderung
Queering of age by feige glanz & fervor is supported as part of West Off 2025 – Theatre Network Rhineland by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the cultural departments of the cities of Bonn, Düsseldorf and Cologne, as well as through KUNST.DIVERS, a programme run by Kulturbüro Dortmund, in friendly cooperation with the Fritz-Henßler-Haus.
Detailed information on performance:
Sensory stimuli:
Visual stimuli
● Lighting changes are generally slow, with smooth transitions from light to dark or vice versa
● Televisions on the stage set sometimes show video clips and sometimes interference patterns with a slow pulsating effect.
● There are scenes in which a video is projected onto the stage set; these are filmed with a handheld camera and are slightly shaky
● In the second half of the play, there is a projection that looks like shimmering water
● There are scenes in which the stage is lit only indirectly by video projections or lamps on stage
● In one scene, the stage is very dark for a brief moment
● In one scene, there are slightly pulsating coloured lights for a moment
Acoustic stimuli
● Sudden singing of pop songs, sometimes without a musical intro, often with a musical intro
● Slow-motion sound effects, as in a film
● There are scenes in which the performers speak whilst music is playing
● Rustling of plastic packaging and chewing noises
● In one scene, there is speaking with sweets or pizza in the mouth
● When the stage elements are used, there may be creaking or squeaking noises.
● In the second half, there is a scene with dripping sounds in the background
Interaction/expectations of the audience
● The audience is sometimes addressed; no response or reaction is expected
● There are moments when suggestions are made, e.g. to move around in your seat or close your eyes; this is not compulsory.
Content notes:
Scenes deal with:
● Alienation from one’s so-called family of origin.
● The feeling of living between two cultural worlds.
● Internalised feelings of shame regarding one’s own queerness.
● Explicit sexual acts, such as kissing, are described and experiences of these are shared.
The following topics are addressed:
Transphobia, queerphobia, gay panic, being a late bloomer.
In one scene, the performers change costumes at the back of the stage. At this moment, they are briefly partially undressed.
The performance addresses mastectomy in the context of being trans. In one scene, a performer reveals their post-mastectomy upper body.
Access:
The performance is designed as a relaxed performance – which means you are free to move around, go out, come back in, sit, lie down or stand – whatever suits you best.
● You can choose between chairs, beanbags, yoga mats or cushions.
● Early Boarding: You can enter the performance space around 30 minutes before the show starts to look around at your leisure, ask questions or find a seat.
● An Awareness Team will be present during the performance, and social scripts with detailed information on triggers and content notes will be provided.