Die Hundekot-Attacke
Theaterhaus Jena (2023)
A performance about darkness, beauty and forgiveness, based on a true story.
In the Thuringian province, a collective of actors is looking for a theme for a performance that should attract as much national attention as possible. As this is a challenge in itself, they decide to use the “dog excrement attack” by a choreographer on a critic as a basis: A true incident that went through the media for a few weeks and was seen as an attack against freedom of the press and democratic culture. During rehearsals, they become afraid of becoming personae non gratae themselves and get into an argument that threatens to blow up the collective.
Acting, text: Pina Bergemann, Nikita Buldyrski, Henrike Commichau, Linde Dercon, Leon Pfannenmüller, Anna K. Seidel
Concept: Wunderbaum
Dirctor, text: Walter Bart (Wunderbaum)
Stage: Maarten van Otterdijk
Costume: Carolin Pflüger
Dramaturgy, text: Hannah Baumann
Choreography: Edoardo Cino
Video: Veit Mernitz
Assistant director: Nanine Maria Kok
A co-production with Wunderbaum.
The production was invited to the 61. Theatertreffen of the Berliner Festspiele and the 41. Heidelberger Stückemarkt. The collective of authors of “Die Hundekot-Attacke” was awarded the 3sat Theaterpreis 2024. The production was voted Production of the Year 2024 by Theater Heute, and the collective of authors was named Best New Writers.
