I Speak of Me As I Am - A Necessary In(ter)vention

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I Speak of Me As I Am - A Necessary In(ter)ventio

A temporary collective of artists reclaim Shakespeare’s characters of color

By QUEERDOS Kollektiv

Language: English, Farsi, German…

“I will a round unvarnished tale deliver/Speak of me as I am,” declares Shakespeare's Othello. But whose tale? Whose truth? A temporary collective of artists—both professional and amateur—reclaim Shakespeare’s characters of color (Caliban, Othello, and Cleopatra) to stage a radical act of self-authorship from the margins. The actors reclaim their situated knowledge, typically erased from Eurocentric stagings and reception of these plays. Through the experience of queer migrant care and service workers, academics and activists, Shakespeare’s words become tools of transformation, foreshadowing a resistant counter-futurity through polyphonic and collaborative dramaturgy.

Director: Cat Jugravu

Assistant director: Cat Jones 

Dramaturg: Aleo Arndt

Co-dramaturg: Ife Aboluwade 

Music composer: Andrei Raicu

Costumes: Kewe

Light design: Sol Sebastian Solorzano

Producer: Wanda Vrasti 

Co-production: QUEERDOS Kollektiv

Photo: Papa De

With: Bishop Black Roxie Thiele Dogan Mehrdad Gharibian Ann Catharine Krippner Ruby Engel Danya Harvey

Trigger warning: This performance contains themes of racial and colonial violence, historical oppression, and discussions of systemic discrimination. It also includes references to sexualized violence, displacement, and erasure. Viewer discretion is advised, and support resources will be available for those who may find the content distressing.

This performance is a cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence "Africa Multiple. Reconfiguring African Studies."

Price information:

10.00 - 15.00€

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