Two people are fighting in the ring. One person is lying on his stomach. The other person sits on her and holds her by the foot. She makes a grimace.
© Julia Schwendner
Two people are fighting in the ring. One person is lying on his stomach. The other person sits on her and holds her by the foot. She makes a grimace.
© Julia Schwendner
Theatre

Choke Hole

Choke Hole vs. Hamburg Queens

Tickets:

22 Euro (conc. 9 Euro, [k]-Karte 11 Euro).

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Past dates

Thursday

9/30/21

8:00 PM

Friday

10/1/21

8:00 PM

Saturday

10/2/21

8:00 PM

Two people are fighting in the ring. One person is lying on his stomach. The other person sits on her and holds her by the foot. She makes a grimace.
© Julia Schwendner
A person with a blue mohawk hairstyle is standing in a fighting ring. She has both hands in the air and looks like she is screaming. In the background on the wall is written Chokehole.
© Julia Schwendner
A person is lying in a fighting ring looking at the camera and grimacing. She has a pink costume on and a metal dummy on one leg. Her leg looks like it's from a robot. She stretches the leg upwards.
© Julia Schwendner
A person in a fighting ring can be seen. The person is wearing the green and yellow costume of an insect. The insect head is put through the barrier of the fighting ring.
© Julia Schwendner
A person with a green made-up face and green bushy hair stands in a fighting ring. She speaks into a microphone and is surrounded by mist.
© Julia Schwendner
Three drag queens in wrestling outfits on a befogged stage with colorful lights. Two sit on thrones in the background and cheer, one in the foreground with a huge pink weight ball.
© Julia Schwendner
A drag queen in a black-silver-green costume is lying on the floor of a fighting ring. She wears a chastity belt. With a small circular saw she works on her metal underpants. Sparks fly through the area
© Julia Schwendner
In a fighting ring stands a black drag queen with a blue top tail and long, curly, salmon-colored hair. She gestures a power pose by clenching her hands into fists on either side.
© Julia Schwendner
You can see a person in front of a dark background. The person is a drag queen with a purple wig and a pink fluffy tutu. She has both hands pressed into her sides and is leaning backwards.
© Julia Schwendner
Two drag queens can be seen in a fighting ring. The queen on the left has a black and pink costume and grimaces. The queen on the right has a long blue robe on, kneels on the floor and holds a kind of bible in her hand.
© Julia Schwendner
Asset You see two drag queens in a fighting ring. The left one is a referee, the right one is a fighter. The left person holds up the arm of the right, as if she is declared the winner.
© Julia Schwendner
Two drag queens in a fighting ring can be seen. They jump at each other from the corners of the ring. On the wall is written chokehole.
© Julia Schwendner
A drag queen moves towards the fighting ring. The ring is held up for her. She wears orange high boots, a red cape and has orange hair. Behind her 4 bright lamps are burning.
© Julia Schwendner

Set in the distant future and within a society that depicts a distorted version of our current world, Choke Hole is the most popular form of entertainment, regularly broadcasted to millions of viewers. What began as a justice system for solving disputes between the absurd citizens of Choke Hole, grew into a gladiator-esque cultural and capitalist phenomenon. As a multimedia entertainment experience based in New Orleans, Choke Hole places a queer lens on the traditionally machismo world of wrestling, using drag and queer performance to intensify the inherently flamboyant and camp elements of professional wrestling. Choke Hole combines lip sync performances, choreographed wrestling matches, acting, character building, and pre-recorded »backstage drama« videos to create a fully immersive nightlife experience. With CHOKE HOLE VS. HAMBURG QUEENS, they are developing a special Kampnagel edition of their show together with drag and queer performers from Hamburg and Berlin, including numerous Kampnagel companions such as PREACH, Dancing Svensation and Gieza Poke, just in time for the opening of the season. An event so unique that Berlin film director Yony Leyser will be shooting a film about it live on location!

#queerism #dragandwrestling

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A project by and with: Gorlëënyah, Jassy, Visqueen, Jocylene Change, RAID, Miss Toto, Laveau Contraire, Geraldine Schabraque, Fathoeburger, dancingsven, Gieza Poke, Alexander Cameltoe, Mistress Morganna, Annie Bacterial, CHOQUE, Felicia Diamond, Sarah Plochl, Yony Leyser Kampnagel Dramaturgy: Uta Lambertz

A production by Choke Hole and Kampnagel in collaboration with LEAD Productions. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.