A woman with brown hair and a long pink robe made of tulle sits on a soft mat on a stage. In the background, two standing people in glittering outfits. A screen set up is illuminated with a picture. Pink light on the stage

Performance

Frauen und Fiktion

(Save Me) Not

Within Hauptsache frei Festival

Hauptsache Frei is the festival of Hamburg's independent performing arts. Founded in 2015, the festival provides a platform for the artists of Hamburg's independent scene year after year and invites professionals from the scene from all over Germany to Hamburg for exchange and networking. Over two weeks, the festival becomes a platform for artistic productions, contemporary trends, aesthetic innovations, socio-political discourses and academic impulses.

Info

For everyone from 12 years

Trigger warning: (successfully averted) violence and sexism are addressed. There are blackouts on stage at the beginning and end of the performance and loud music.

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Thursday

4/27/23

8:30 PM

70 Min.

The narrative of the helpless woman is deeply embedded in western society. In fact, it does have an impact on self-perception and actions. (SAVE ME) NOT confronts the myth that women are the inherently weaker sex in the setting of a computer game. A humorous, empowering exploration of violence, victim and perpetrator roles, from which a heroine emerges.

Three people in colourful costumes with a triumphant look. Two are holding hands and stretching them up. The third person in the background looks at them and claps his hands. In the background a screen with trees and blue ground

Three people in sporty summer clothes, in white. The person in the middle is hugging herself and looking mischievous. She has semi-shaved brown hair and tattoos. The person on the left can be seen from behind, the other on the right ho

Two people in athletic white clothing on the floor. One person is bent over the other and holds her arms. They look into each other's eyes and speak to each other

Three people stand in angular stage elements that are lined with transparent foil. The people are illuminated from behind. Hands and faces stand out and stick to the foil. The costumes match the colours of the stage elements.

Three people in colourful, glittering costumes stand in front of diamond-shaped, pointed stage elements in neon colours. The people look expressively at the audience. The person in the middle holds a microphone in his hand.

With: Frauen und Fiktion

Concept & Research: Women and Fiction (Anja Kerschkewicz, Eva Kessler, Felina Levits, Paula Reissig) Performers: Lisa Heinrici, Charlotte Pfeifer, Geraldine Schabraque Text: Anja Kerschkewicz, Eva Kessler, Hannah Saar Production: Anja Kerschkewicz Player training: Eva Kessler Costumes, make-up: Felina Levits Space: Luisa Wandschneider Video: Paula Reissig Music: LiquidLoom, Jonas Mahari Choreography: Alexander Varekhine Technical management: Sönke Christian Herm, Lars Kracht, Manuel Melzer Production, Public Relations: PK3000, Anja E. Redecker

The first production of (SAVE ME) NOT was co-produced with Theater Oberhausen and funded by Fonds darstellende Künste and Kunststiftung NRW.

The revised and recast Hamburg premiere in 2022 was supported by the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR and the LICHTHOF Foundation. Made possible by the revival and guest performance funding of the Dachverband freie darstellende Künste with funds from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Authority for Culture and Media and by the Rusch Foundation.

Frauen und Fiktion

(Save Me) Not

Within Hauptsache frei Festival

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