No Scribes – Die literarische Girlband live on stage. Mit Paula Fürstenberg, Alisha Gamisch, Raphaëlle Red

Girlhood is a promise. Zigazigah. -Hardly any other pop cultural phenomenon shaped the 1990s and 2000s as much as girl bands.

Between rebellion and mass appeal, they negotiated feminist sisterhood, body images, social advancement and the question of who was even allowed to be on the big stage. But the glamour often concealed exploitative structures, standardized role models and the power relations of an industry that swallowed up the collective just as quickly as it had staged it.

NO SCRIBES (authors Paula Fürstenberg, Alisha Gamisch and Raphaëlle Red), directed by Lena Brasch, take up these dynamics - and turn them around. Based on the legendary groups Destiny's Child, Tic Tac Toe and the Spice Girls, they bring together collective writing, pop cultural references and personal experiences. And ask the question: What can a cultural practice look like that not only allows polyphony, friction and solidary perspectives, but also celebrates them as an aesthetic and political principle? An evening that combines homage and criticism, theory and dance floor, reading and show.

A production by wepsert e.V. in cooperation with Literaturhaus Berlin, Vagantenbühne, Ballhaus Ost and SUKULTUR Verlag. Funded by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds. The residencies were supported by the Fleetstreet Theater and the Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf.