WIR HAUEN DIE NATUR ENTZWEI - ein Daniil-Charms-Abend

In the organizer's words:

A theatrical swan song to the brilliant poet Daniil Charms

"I work in the field of literature. I am not a politically minded person, but the question that is close to me is literature. I declare that I do not agree with the policy of the Soviet government in the field of literature, and as a counterweight to the existing measures on this point, I want freedom of the press, both for my own work and for the literary work of writers close to me..."

Daniil Charms, born in St. Petersburg in 1905, poet and writer, wrote plays, prose texts, poems and fairy tales. His work remained unpublished in Russia, but his manuscripts were miraculously saved after his death. During his lifetime, he kept his head above water - more badly than well - with children's plays and readings for children. From the 1930s onwards, he was arrested several times for his writings. In 1939, he simulated schizophrenia in order to avoid military service, for which he was sent to the psychiatric ward of Leningrad prison in 1941 after another arrest. Here he died of malnutrition in 1942.

Daniil Charms' life is told in a literary kaleidoscope of his absurd texts and biographical notes. An extreme life between literary heights and a repressive political system. Between spiritual fulfillment and an empty stomach. Told in a dialog between poet and man. Genius and starving artist. Charmer and doubter. A dialogue between a split personality, in which Daniil Charms becomes visible as a controversial person and a brilliant work of art.

The actors are: Eva Engelbach, Stephan Möller-Titel, Jörg Oswald and Monika Reinboth
Director: Erla Prollius, text adaptation: Saskia Junggeburth, set: Marcel Weinand