In the organizer's words:

Play

An assembly with war testimonies by women and texts by Lidiia Golovanova

People gain experience through play. According to theory, these experiences have the power to shape a person's individual characteristics and behavior. Play therefore has great potential: it not only creates a copy of our world, but also offers the opportunity to try out a peaceful future. War is also reflected in the game, for example as a male domain in boys' games: They shoot with sticks, fight with swords and water pistols. Wars are simulated in first-person shooters and strategic computer games. But where are the women in these games and what roles do they play in real wars? To find answers to these questions, theater maker Natasha Borenko set out in Mannheim in search of stories of women who have experienced war, fled from crisis areas and struggle with the consequences on a daily basis. During rehearsals, the women from different generations shared their war experiences with each other. In a kind of research laboratory, they tested the rules of old children's games, changed them and finally reinvented them. They explored how changing the rules of the game affects reality. The result is an evening of theater that creates a new world by exploring stories and changing games. This content has been machine translated.