Mein Vater war Koenig David (2023)
theatre play for 4 actors, video and 6 channel-audio
A piece about identity, question of identity and identity disorders and more. It’s is based on the Jewish family history of Lara Pietjou, a member of the ensemble.
After the death of her father, Pietjou found evidence of her jewish ancestry and her ancestors during the third reich in his estate. In a video interview, her grandmother spoke about the death of Lara’s great-grandfather in auschwitz and how she herself survived the holocaust in hiding. ANALOG examines this turning point in Pietjou’s biography and explores her family history using performative means. The performance also sheds light on the transgenerational effects of the grandmother’s trauma on Pietjou’s father, who suffered from bipolar disorder and was convinced in manic phases that he himself was King David.
The examination of this family history is also an examination of us as a society, of interfamilial taboos, questions of belonging and identity and the diversity of jewish life in germany today.
actors: Lara Pietjou, Dorothea Foertsch, Ingmar Skrinjar, Hanna Held
music composititon: Ben Lauber,
text: ANALOG,
director: Daniel Schuessler,
production manager: Hanna Held,
design and costumes: Eva Sauermann
technical director and movie: Tommy Vella
dramaturgy: Laura Becker
additional text advice: Judith Leiss
assistant director: Rina Schmeing
additional dramaturgy advice: Tim Mrosek
video sound: Michael Vella
camera: Leander Buege
cook: Charlotte Brune
accessibility consulting: Un-Label, Nils Rottgardt
additional accessibility consulting: Sabine Kuxdorf und Yasha Mueller
management: Local International
public relations: neurohr & andrae
finances: Niels Nester
co-produced by studiobuehne cologne
funded by: kulturamt der stadt koeln, fonds darstellende kuenste (prozessfoerderung), nrw landesbuero freie darstellende kuenste, ministerium für kultur und wissenschaft nrw, kunststiftung nrw, rhein-energiestiftung kultur, aktion mensch
awarded the cologne culture prize 2024 as best cultural event 2023
nominated for the cologne theater prize 2023
nominated for the kurt hackenberg prize for political theater 2023links
upcoming:
2025 feb 25 schauspiel cologne
2025 feb 26 schauspiel cologne (noon and evening)
past:
2025 feb 9 schwere reiter munich
2025 feb 8 schwere reiter munich
2024 feb 25 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2024 feb 24 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2024 feb 23 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2024 feb 22 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2024 feb 21 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2023 sep 10 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2023 sep 9 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2023 sep 8 orangerie cologne (sold out)
2023 sep 7 orangerie cologne (sold out)