In the organizer's words:

German by Katharina Erben
Play version by Jana Findeklee and Joki Tewes

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all? In the whole country? In the whole world! The fairest? And what about the most beautiful? In the hall of mirrors of the digital world, images of the fairest of the fair are mirrored and reflected an infinite number of times. And we are all right in the middle of it! But how have ideas of beauty developed over the last 2,000 years and how have ideals of beauty been socially constructed? Why do mirror images develop a life of their own and put us under pressure? Who is looking at us in the mirror and why do we want to be like HER or HIM - but above all someone else? And, oh, why does physical beauty have the irritating quality of being transient ...

None other than Empress Sisi, Marilyn Monroe, Snow White's stepmother, the Kardashians and top-class philosophers come together to answer all these questions in the theater version of the comic "In the Hall of Mirrors". With wit and acumen, they all get to the bottom of these topics and inspire us to think together with relish. The Swede Liv Strömquist is considered one of the most successful feminist comic artists. In the non-fiction comic "Im Spiegelsaal", published in German in 2021, she processes sociological and philosophical insights and theories in a clever and humorous, understandable and provocative way. As in her other graphic novels, Liv Strömquist also succeeds here in taking a critical look at the mechanisms of late capitalism alongside her tongue-in-cheek examination of the topic.

The two artists Jana Findeklee and Joki Tewes have been shaping award-winning productions for years with their aesthetically unconventional works. In their directorial debut, they and the six members of the ensemble combine creative visions with playful imagination.

Price information:

Premiere: 19-29€ (Reduced: 13-20€) All other performances: 16-26€ (Reduced: 11-18€)