Unser Deutschlandmärchen

In the organizer's words:

based on the novel by Dinçer Güçyeter

"Is this my home, my earth, my place? Should I fill the void of an emptiness here?" In Dinçer Güçyeter's novel "Our German Fairy Tale", two generations of women speak - mother and grandmother - and the son of Fatma, who comes to Nettetal in 1965 as the wife of a Turkish guest worker. In powerful images, poetry, monologues, dialogues, prayers and dreams, the novel tells of hard work and great strength, of old role models and the departure into the new, of uprootedness and longing. It is a tribute to women and tells a piece of German history in a new, sensual and humorous language. Güçyeter's debut novel, published by "mikrotext", was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2023. Director Antigone Akgün, who has already wowed audiences in Aachen with her production of "Der Garten der Lüste", is adapting the novel for the Kammer stage.

#author talk
On February 18, 2025, the performance will be followed by a discussion with Dinçer Güçyeter and members of the ensemble. The author talk is a cooperation with the VHS Aachen.

#press comments:

"In any case, it is remarkable how all the actors manage to walk the tightrope here: to show the characters in a human way and at the same time to make them comedic. Nobody is ridiculed here."
night review

"Director Antigone Akgün has staged an affectionate evening that works so well precisely because it doesn't make offensive accusations, but rather underlays the hilarity with a melancholy that speaks for itself. It works on many levels: as a homage to overworked women, as a mirror of a paternalistic host country, as a historical lesson and as a tale of empowerment - but also as a brilliantly acted, sparkling and deeply moving evening. Long may it remain on the repertoire."
night review

"'Our German Fairy Tale' makes us all responsible and shows us what can go wrong when people come together. It's a real story that we enjoy listening to and that we should listen to."
Young Stage

"Yaprak impressively succeeds in illuminating the emotional palette between the almost self-sacrificing love for her mother and her own needs and dreams."
Aachener Zeitung

"The multicultural team has avoided the cliché traps, which is not least due to Shehab Fatoum's great performance as the loving good-for-nothing Yilmaz. Petya Alabozova also impresses with her sophisticated performance as Hanife and in other roles. Bettina Scheuritzel plays the supermother Fatma convincingly."
Aachener Zeitung