HUNDEHERZ. Eine Produktion von HAUEN UND STECHEN in Kooperation mit THEATER THIKWA und WESTGERMANY

In the organizer's words:

DOG'S HEART

A production by HAUEN UND STECHEN in cooperation with THEATER THIKWA and WESTGERMANY.

A street dog in distress ends up in a shady practice and becomes the victim of a terrible experiment: He is to be transplanted with a human cerebellum. But something goes wrong during the operation and the medical staff are transformed at the same time...

An opera performance in West Germany, a former dentist's surgery at Kottbusser Tor. Music theater collective Hauen und Stechen and Theater Thikwa operate on a post-Soviet creature. Can anything good come of it? And if not, what to do with the waste? Between the hope of experimentation, hubris and sheer horror, it's about cracks in history, confused circumstances and mean theater criticism.

An operation based on the novella of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov.

With: Debrecina Arega, Angela Braun, Vera Maria Kremers, Gina-Lisa Maiwald, Max Murray, Peter Pankow

Director: Julia Lwowski

Musical direction: Roman Lemberg

Dramaturgy: Maria Buzhor

Stage design: Charlotta Hench

Realization of stage design concept: Jorinde Sturm, Helene Scheithe, Amelie Sabbagh

Costume: Wieland Lemke

Assistant directors: Magdalena Mitterhofer, Júlía Gunnarsdóttir

Set assistance: Helene Scheithe, Jorinde Sturm

Agogic supervision Thikwa: Mika Simon Sander

Accessibility advice: Miles Wendt

Technical direction and lighting design: Konrad Dietze

Sound engineering: Bruno Di Tillo

Artistic production management: Jasna Witkoski

Supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

Duration: approx. 60 minutes

Notes on accessibility

The venue is located on the 2nd floor without an elevator. There are 5 stairs with a total of about 50 steps. If you need assistance, please contact us. There will also be a pre-admission, so you can be in the room before everyone else. Toilets are located on the same floor. The nearest wheelchair-accessible toilet is located in the "Südblock" on the opposite side of Kottbusser Tor.
The audience moves through the space with the performers. At the four stations, there is seating with and without backrests and space to stand. There is free seating. If you need a special seat, please let us know in advance or contact the Box Office on the day of the performance. There will also be a station outside on the terrace.
It will be loud in places. We will provide earplugs.
Fog and fake blood will probably be used. There will also be dark scenes.
We will publish detailed sensory and content information shortly before the premiere.

Please contact us if you cannot afford the entrance fee. We are happy to offer free access to the performances. Just send an email to hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com. Also, if there are any questions about accessibility.

We look forward to your visit!

And please note - the date on 13.09. is a HAUEN UND STECHEN SPECIAL - A museum tour through the Bodemuseum by Roman Lemberg.

In the performance HUNDEHERZ we are concerned with the transformations from animal to human and from human to animal. With a trip to the museum, we also want to pursue this theme in art history. Since time immemorial, people have been transforming themselves into animals by imitating their movements and sounds, through masks, pinned ears and horns, through costumes with fur, wings and claws. Rituals of animal transformations seem to have existed in the earliest cultures, later animal people migrated into mythology, fantastic zoology and the grotesque decorations of salons and parks. In the historically designed rooms of the Bodemuseum, we visit satyrs, fauns, scapegoats and devils who got stuck halfway in the transformation between human and animal.

Please note that the price does not include admission to the museum. You will need to purchase a ticket yourself before the start of the tour and may be entitled to a discount in accordance with the Bode Museum's scale of fees.

The guided tour is conducted in German.

ENGLISH VERSION

HEART OF A DOG

A production by HAUEN UND STECHEN in cooperation with THEATER THIKWA and WEST GERMANY.

A stray dog in need ends up in a dubious doctor's practice and falls pray to a terrible experiment: He is to be transplanted with a human cerebellum and turns into an asocial hybrid. And as if that wasn't enough, during the operation the medical staff are transformed along with him...

An opera performance in West Germany, a former dentist's surgery at Kottbusser Tor. Hauen und Stechen and Theater Thikwa operate on a post-Soviet creature. Can anything good come of it? And if not, what to do with the waste? Between the hopeful experiment, hubris and sheer horror, we encounter the cracks in history, confused circumstances and mean theater critics.

An operation based on the novella of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov.

NOTES ON ACCESSIBILITY

The venue is located on the 2nd floor. There is no elevator. There are five
stairs with a total of about 50 steps. If you need assistance, please contact us at: hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com or call 01520 5959223. If necessary, it is possible to be in the room before everyone else.

Toilets are also located on the 2nd floor, next to the venue. The nearest
wheelchair-accessible toilet is located in the "Südblock" on the
opposite side of Kottbusser Tor.

The audience moves through the space with the performers. There are three stations.
All of them have seating options with and without backrests and
space to stand. There are no allocated seats. If you need a special seat
please let us know in advance via email(hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com), phone (01520 5959223) or at the box office on the day of the performance. One of the three stations will also be outside on the terrace.

It will be loud sometimes. We will provide earplugs.
Fog will probably be used. There will also be dark scenes.
We will publish detailed sensory and content information shortly before the
the premiere.

Duration: approx. 1 hour