KULA Compagnie: Dibbuk – zwischen (zwei) Welten | Theatergastspiel

In the organizer's words:

In its fourth Academy guest performance, the transnational KULA Compagnie presents its version of Der Dibbuk, which places the Yiddish classic from 1920 in a contemporary, interreligious context.

The production brings together artists from Afghanistan, Algeria, Germany, France, Israel, Italy and Russia in a play that unites faith and mysticism, constriction and vitality of a world that has perished. But the desperate appearance of the demons is also a metaphor for the grief over the horror of what is tearing the world apart today.

Despite the war that began during rehearsals, the common goal remained to continue talking, playing and communicating with each other. Two stories about love, freedom and the endurance of differences unfold in a playful transcription that daringly changes perspectives and times. KULA 2024 was awarded the International Theater Institute (ITI) prize for their work.

Based on the play by Salomon An-Ski

Director: Robert Schuster
Stage: Sascha Gross
Dramaturgy: Yotam Gotal
Dramaturgical support: Zainab Qadiri
Music: Max Bauer

Co-production: dasvinzenz Theater, KULA Compagnie

In Moroccan-Arabic, Persian, German, French, Hebrew, Russian and Yiddish with German and English surtitles