The Beggars’ Convention, 2025

In the organizer's words:

As part of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Major Nom with Shu1o1O, Ngar galay (Little Fish), Larmashee:
The Beggars' Convention, 2025
Performance
Sophiensæle Festival Hall
English, partly German surtitles
Approx. 1 h

The Burmese director and junta critic Zarganar wrote the play The Beggars' National Convention in 1987 in the run-up to the elections, in which he made fun of the Burma Socialist Program Party. After one of the performances, the actors were arrested as the curtain closed. For the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Major Nom, a key figure in the post-coup civil disobedience movement in Myanmar in 2021, will restage the formerly male-cast play as an Anyeint piece with queer and female-identifying performers in drag.
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As part of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
Major Nom with Shu1o1O, Ngar galay (Little Fish), Larmashee:
The Beggars' Convention, 2025
Performance
Sophiensæle Festsaal
English, partly German surtitles
Approx. 1 h

The Burmese director and junta critic Zarganar wrote the play The Beggars' National Convention,mocking the Burma Socialist Program Party in 1987 in the lead up to elections. After one of the performances, the actors were arrested as the curtains closed. For the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Major Nom, a key figure in the Civil Disobedience Movement after Myanmar's 2021 coup, will restage the formerly male-cast piece as an Anyeint play with queer and female-identifying performers in drag.