A person in a clown costume has a cigarette in their mouth. The cigarette is lit.
© Mayra Wallraff
A person in a clown costume has a cigarette in their mouth. The cigarette is lit.
© Mayra Wallraff

Ariel Efraim Ashbel and Friends

MY KINGDOM FOR A JOKE

Tickets:

24 / 16 euro (conq. from 9 euro, [k]-Karte from 8 euro)

Info

Recommended from 16 years.Triggers/sensory stimuli: strobe effects and fog, interaction with the audience. Jokes deal with topics such as racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and sexism.

Past dates

Thursday

1/29/26

7:00 PM

Saturday

1/31/26

7:00 PM

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MY KINGDOM FOR A JOKE explores entertainment and performance in ironic times. Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends seek sincere joy and humour as acts of community, echoing Richard III’s desperate cry for a horse with their call for a joke to redeem the stage. Through improvisation, clowning, and stand-up, Thelma Buabeng, Jessica Gadani, Colin Hacklander, and Tatiana Saphir reveal vulnerability and contradiction, showing that by taking jokes seriously, people might truly see each other and share a bit of reality.


This event is made possible by the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK as part of its guest performance funding program for theater, with support from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the state ministries of culture and the arts.