MAKING THE STORY – Ukrainische Fixer im Krieg
Futur 3
The striking live music, featuring sombre piano and Ukrainian vocals by Mariana Sadovska, holds the evening together. Without this score, it would be almost unbearable to follow the individual stories of the fixers as they delve into the human abysses of war. The theatre collective Futur 3 takes us on a journey into the grey borderlands of reporting, where telling stories of life, dying and death in war is part of everyday life – day in, day out.
For over a year, the team followed fixers at work on the ground in Ukraine. They are the link between international journalists and the local population. Yet their work remains invisible in the news reports and articles we see and read. This theatre evening offers us an intimate insight into the personal upheavals and turning points that war brings with it. In doing so, the production lays bare the fractures in work ethic, security risks, recognition and postcolonial dynamics within journalism, without passing moral judgement.
Text: Jonas Leifert for AVORITEN Festival
Veranstaltungsort
domicil
Hansastraße 7 -11
44137 Dortmund
Mitwirkende
Performance: André Erlen, Anja Jazeschann, Stefan H. Kraft
Live-Music: Mariana Sadovska, Jörg Ritzenhoff
Audiodescription: Yasha Müller, Olja Artes, Saskia Rudat
Artistic Direction: André Erlen, Stefan H. Kraft // Direction: André Erlen // Set Design: Petra Maria Wirth // Costumes: Julie Wiesen // Music: Jörg Ritzenhoff // Vocals: Mariana Sadovska // Video: Valerij Lisac // Dramaturgy: Lea Goebel // Lighting: Boris Kahnert // Direction Assistance: Silvana Mammone // Artistic Collaboration: Pavlo Yurov // Production Management: Theresa Heußen // Guest Performance Coordination: Anja Devyatko // Translation: Katharina S. Speelmanns
Über die Künstler*innen
Futur3, under the artistic direction of André Erlen and Stefan H. Kraft, focuses on the ongoing development of an original performance style and on involving the performers right from the conceptualisation phase. Through research-based and often site-specific projects, carried out in collaboration with external experts, the ensemble transforms the theatre into a space for social engagement that goes beyond the purely aesthetic.
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Förderung
MAKING THE STORY – Ukrainische Fixer im Krieg von Futur3 is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Performing Arts Fund, with funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, and the Kunststiftung NRW. The re-staging at the FAVORITEN Festival is supported by the Performing Arts Fund, with funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.