Ich bin’s nicht, Wladimir Putin ist es gewesen

It's not me, it was Vladimir Putin
A documentary theater play

When: Wednesday, 25.10.2023, 19:00 h
Thursday, 26.10.2023, 19:00 h
Friday, 27.10.2023, 19:00 h
Wednesday, 29.11.2023, 19:00 h
Thursday, 30.11.2023, 19:00 h
Sunday, 10.12.2023, 7:00 pm

Where: Ballhaus Prinzenallee (Prinzenallee 33, 13359 Berlin)

6 scenes, 5 actors: inside, 4 themes: Propaganda, violence, fear, conformism. The play searches for answers: How did Putin's war become the war of the Russian people? What motivated Russian citizens to support the fight against Ukraine? Has Russia finally lost its democratic values? A combination of documentary and fiction sheds light on painful and highly topical issues.

Berlin artists with a Russian background perform a play that examines the personal and collective responsibility of citizens for the events in their country of origin. The play is based on documentary material (interviews, publications, social media, videos, etc.) from Russia as well as on dramaturgical texts.

Approx. 100 minutes (in German) followed by a panel discussion with invited experts.

Director: Grigory Kofman
Idea & dramaturgy: Grigory Kofman, Maria Zharkova, Alexander Schulz, Vladimir Reznik
Translation: Alexander Schulz
Stage & Costume: Teresa Monfared, Kerstin Junge
Lighting: Alexander Kurockin
Sound: Olga Kasyanova
Music: Maxim Posin
Poster design: Dimitri Wasserblaj
Production management: Maria Zharkova
With: Irina Fedorova, Grigory Kofman, Eugen Knecht, Alexander Schulz, Maria Zharkova

Duration: approx. 90 min. without intermission (in German)
Admission: 18 €/13 €.

The project is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office as part of the program "Expanding Cooperation with Society in the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia".