Angelaland - Juliane Hendes / 14+

ANGELALAND
A piece of contemporary history with specially chosen 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: 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, drank wine with her, laughed with her - and from that closeness delivers a pointed reckoning. Through the eyes of someone on society's margins, author Juliane Hendes lets him trace the journey of "our country" up to the present day.

In the end, one question lingers beyond any chancellorship: who are we now, and what do we make of it?

For audiences aged 14 and up who want to engage with history with a wink - and stop kidding themselves.