hannsjana // Tyrannosaurus Regina

In the organizer's words:

hannsjana
Tyrannosaurus Regina
Audio walk with performative interventions // Audio walk with performative interventions

June 19, 2025, 14:30

June 19, 2025, 17:30

June 20, 2025, 19:00

"ORWO was the largest women's company in the GDR with over 50 percent female employees [...] and is still often cited today as proof of the equality of East German women. With its performance 'Tyrannosaurus Regina', the artists' collective hannsjana scratches this myth in a rather funny way by crossing the theme of Eastern feminism with the seemingly disparate fascination with dinosaurs, which predominantly affects men." Eva Berendt, Theater heute, August/September 2024

"ORWO was the GDR's largest female business with a workforce that was over 50% female [...] and is still cited enthusiastically today as proof of women's equality in the East. In their performance 'Tyrannosaurus Regina', the artistic collective hannsjana scratch away at this myth in very humorous fashion by mixing the theme of East German feminism with the apparently disparate - and primarily male - fascination with dinosaurs." Eva Berendt, Theater heute, August/September 2024

At first glance, the women's movement in the GDR and the dinosaurs have absolutely nothing to do with each other - except that they no longer exist, but their former existence can still be felt today. The artists of the hannsjana group, however, bring these two themes together in a playful and clever way. Equipped with headphones, the audience embarks on an excavation tour with performative interventions, on which questions about East and West German narratives of feminism and patriarchal narratives come to light as historical traces are uncovered layer by layer.

At first glance, the women's movement in the GDR and the dinosaurs have absolutely nothing in common - apart from the fact that though both no longer exist, their former existence is still felt today. However, the artists of the company hannsjana establish an ingenious and playful connection between the two. Equipped with headphones, the audience sets off on an excavation tour with performative interventions, in which the exposure of layer upon layer of historical remains also raises questions about East and West German narratives of feminism and patriarchal tales.

GOOD TO KNOW // GOOD TO KNOW

• Play length: 60 minutes // Duration: 60 minutes

• Language: German spoken language // Language: German spoken language

• All information on accessibility can be found at www.impulsefestival.de/barrierefreiheit //
  All information on accessibility can be found at www.impulsefestival.de/en/accessibility

• Box Office opens one hour before the performance begins // The box office opens one hour before the performance begins

IMPULSE FESTIVAL FOR PERFORMANCE, THEATER & DANCE

On three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding independent productions from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be supplemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a "Post-West" focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We are looking forward to our first joint festival season!

During three long festival weekends - one each in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Cologne and Düsseldorf - outstanding productions from the independent theater scene from Germany, Austria and Switzerland will be presented. This showcase will be complemented by positions on the relationship between East and West Germany as part of a 'Post-West' focus as well as views from and on the host region of NRW.

We look forward to our first festival season with you!

LOCATION // VENUE

Park at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr
Am Schloß Broich 38
45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr