AFTER THE END OF THE ASSEMBLY II – THE PARLIAMENT
Video lecture online / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt
In 2019, one in five German citizens sympathized with a dictatorship. A large majority considered parliamentary politics a theatrical production and politicians puppets.
Then, in 2020, parliaments and theaters suddenly stood empty, and people began wearing masks even offstage. Theater and politics were everywhere and nowhere.
The Lecture The Parliament From a future in which representative politics no longer exists, she looks back at parliaments as ruins of a bygone era. In search of something that perhaps never existed, she guides her audience through the Römer, the once proud landmark of Frankfurt and the seat of the city council.
What was representative democracy, and why will it one day fail? Relics from an almost forgotten present are assembled to form a museum of a possible future.
“The Parliament” is part of the long-term project “After the End of the Assembly,” in which andpartnersincrime explores new forms of assembly.
Cast & Credits
Text and artistic direction: Eleonora Herder
Dramaturgy and research: Tim Schuster
Performer and speaker: Shahrzad Osterer
Composition, sound design, performance: Marc Behrens
Live music: Kartini Suharto-Martin
Design and stage design: Anna Sukhova
Costume: Tanya Tverdokhlebova
Video: Julia Novacek, Michelle Koprow
Assistant Director and Dramaturgist: Ceren Yildirim
Production management: Anna Maria Bolender, Sven Rausch
Legal advice: Leon Züllig
Theatre Studies Advisor: Julia Schade
With speeches by: Inga Bendukat, Stephan Siegler and Matthias Pees
A production by andpartnersincrime in cooperation with the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and the Historisches Museum Frankfurt. Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt, the Hessian Ministry of Science and the Arts, and the Performing Arts Fund.
Language: German, English, Spanish
Duration: 60 minutes
In cooperation with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Historisches Museum Frankfurt
Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt, the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art and the Performing Arts Fund
October 1, 2022, 6 p.m.
October 2, 2022, 12 noon (followed by public discussion)
October 2, 2022, 8 p.m.
tickets at politikimfreientheater.de
"Despite its technically crude aesthetic, this carefully crafted piece is intellectually stimulating and entertaining. Interesting connections are developed from the fragments of material."
Frankfurter Rundschau
Premiere November 18, 2020
Invited to the Politics in Open Theater Festival, 1 & 2 October 2022