Annette, ein Heldinnenepos

In the organizer's words:

Based on the epic poem by Anne Weber - stage version by Franziska Angerer and Christine Richter-Nilsson - 15+

Annette - that's Anne Beaumanoir, born in Brittany in 1923. When the Germans occupy France in 1940, she joins the Resistance. Rebelling against all forms of injustice, she hid two Jewish teenagers without consulting the group - and saved their lives in the process. After the war, she becomes a doctor, marries, becomes a mother and leads a middle-class life in Marseille. When the Algerian War breaks out, Annette also fights against the occupying power, which this time is France. She is discovered and sentenced to ten years in prison as a traitor, but manages an adventurous escape to Tunis. There - and
not for the first time in her life - her former comrades-in-arms become the new rulers. Was it worth fighting for? Did she have a choice?

Anne Weber tells the improbable life of Anne Beaumanoir in an epic poem. With breathtaking rhythm, linguistic precision and subtle irony, Weber asks what makes heroines. She tells of courage and trust, but also of fears, doubts and sacrifices and - as if in passing - tells an important piece of European history. In 2020, "Annette, ein Heldinnenepos" was awarded the German Book Prize.

With a choir of Tübingen citizens:

Aaron Bales, Claudia Beck, Annette Bidlingmaier, Annette Högerle, Michaela Kauschke, Volker Kracht, Helga Kröplin, Carolin Lehmann, Katharina Moritzen, Marie Penka, Dieter Renner, Irmgard Rössler, Martin Schlenhardt, Adelheid Schöning, Katja Seitz, Belinda Thum, Johanna Villhauer