GEMUSICAL. Ein Musical über die Reise einer Kartoffel zu sich selbst

In the organizer's words:

GEMUSICAL. A musical about a potato's journey to find itself

Potato is a normal - well - potato and lives her everyday life like everyone else. Until one day, strange things happen. Wasn't avocado the undisputed superfood until just now? The world seems to be shaking. Or is it the potato that's wobbling?

GEMUSICAL tells the story of Potato's journey to find herself. With the help of her friend Tom and the Mycelium Network Center System, Potato confronts her memories and a story that is much more complex than she thought. How did the potato become a symbol for Germany, even though it originated in South America? Musically and performatively, notsopretty negotiates colonial practices such as cultural appropriation, the invisibilization of history and the delegitimization of oral traditions. With songs, choreography and absurd scenes, the international ensemble brings a humorous and sharp-witted satire of today's society to the stage, which may even leave you with a catchy tune or two.

GEMUSICAL will be developed and performed in four languages: English, German, Portuguese and Spanish. Some scenes will be surtitled.

TEAM

Play Anna Júlia Amaral, Emmanuel Edoror, Marco Gonzalez, Nina Weber

Concept & artistic direction notsopretty (Anna Júlia Amaral, Marcel Nascimento & Nina Weber)

Text Jessica Lusia & Ensemble

Translations Lucas Franken, Anna Júlia Amaral & Ensemble

Composition Tristan Berger, Danilo Timm & Ensemble

Choreography Oliver Exner

Director & Outside Eye Marcel Nascimento, Daniel Colin

Dramaturgy Amelie Werner

Music production & Outside Ear Vasko Damjanov

Video VAMOS Animation, Marcel Nascimento

Stage & Costume Dorothea Mines

Lighting design Susana Alonso

Sound Pascal Gehrke

Photos Anna Spindelndreier

Graphic design Felipe Ribeiro Rodrigues

Public Relations Anna-Sophia Zimniak

Production Management Amelie Werner

Production assistance Evgenija Gerciu

GEMUSICAL is a co-production of: notsopretty with Theater im Depot Dortmund, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr Mülheim and HochX Munich, in cooperation with Physical Theatre Netzwerk e.V.

Supported by: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of conceptual funding, LWL Kulturstiftung as part of "POWR! Postkoloniales Westfalen-Lippe", Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, City of Bochum, City of Dortmund, Cultural Department of the City of Munich and Förderfonds Interkultur Ruhr 2023.