Im Herzen tickt eine Bombe

In the organizer's words:

Monologue by Wajdi Mouawad - Translated from the French by Uli Menke - 14+

On a stormy winter's night, a young man rushes to the hospital. His mother is dying. On the way, 19-year-old Wahab feels a deep rage welling up inside him, giving vent to years of pent-up pain and struggling for words and expression. The impending farewell to his mother awakens memories of his childhood and youth, of a war that defined his life, of the gift of silence and of his mother's illness, which alienated her from him. Walking in the footsteps of his past, Wahab finally finds the strength to face his inner demons at his mother's deathbed and realizes that only a childhood fear can conquer another childhood fear...

The award-winning Lebanese-Canadian author Wajdi Mouawad has written a powerful, poetic and tender monologue about overcoming trauma and growing up in "Im Herzen tickt eine Bombe". In collaboration with graffiti artist Cédric Pintarelli alias SWEETUNO, director Monika Kosik has created an interdisciplinary theatrical experience in which Mouawad's text meets visual art and the echo of Wahab's thoughts and emotions reverberates in colors and shapes on a white canvas.

Notes on sensitive content The text deals with the cancer of a parent. The process of dying is described using language. The production also contains descriptions and depictions of war scenes and gunshot sounds.