Drei Personen liegen auf dem Boden. In der Mitte sind ihre Köpfe, ihre Gesichter sind nach oben gerichtet.
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Confessions - Bekenntnisse

A performance about the colonisation within us
By and with: Marléne Douty, Komi Togbonou, Martin Weigel

 Habibi Kiosk
 Premiere: 18.3.2023
 German, English, French
 Colonial racism; Quotations and Photographs from the Colonial Era
 Free admission
 Habibi Kiosk
 Premiere: 18.3.2023
 German, English, French
 Colonial racism; Quotations and Photographs from the Colonial Era
 Free admission

Komi Togbonou is unfortunately unable to come to Munich at short notice. We are very pleased that Marléne Douty has traveled from Lomé in Togo and will still be showing “Confessions” together with Martin Weigel.

Is it possible to break free from history? As descendants of the colonisers and the colonised, how do we deal with its legacy today?

In this performance, three artists examine their different social experiences and perspectives. As a theatre maker in Togo, Marléne Douty works on the decolonisation of theatre – for example, by transposing Chekhov into street theatre in the Éwe language. Working as a musician and actor, ensemble member Komi Togbonou, who grew up with a Togolese background in Remscheid, Germany, has already dealt with German colonial history and focused on building cultural bridges between the African continent and Germany on many projects. Ensemble member Martin Weigel travelled to Africa for the first time in 2021 with the Münchner Kammerspiele’s production of “Wir Schwarzen müssen zusammenhalten – Eine Erwiderung”. The meeting of the three artists during a workshop in the context of that play was the starting point for “Confessions – Bekenntnisse”.

In their performative research, the artists will simultaneously highlight their three different positions regarding German-Togolese colonial history and its continuing impact, and open up these positions to change.

Note: In this performance, accounts of racist violence during the colonial era are made audible.

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