Angelaland - Juliane Hendes / 14+ / Premiere

ANGELALAND
A piece of contemporary history with specially selected music
Juliane Hendes

Angela Merkel brought together what could not be together - and sometimes did not want to be, even within herself. She was the country. The whole country. "Our" Angelaland. The character Karl-Konrad places this famous Angela at the centre, lets historical events pass in review, and asks along the way: what have we Germans become, and what has remained?

"The thought of Angela Merkel brings a sense of security." Or does it? Karl-Konrad - a fisherman from Stralsund - knew her personally, drank wine with her and laughed, and from that closeness delivers a pointed reckoning. From the perspective of society's margins, he traces the journey of "our country" to the here and now. In the end, one question lingers beyond any chancellorship: who are we now, and what do we make of it?

The show is aimed at anyone aged 14 and over who wants to look at history with a wink and stop kidding themselves.