WIR SPIELEN ALLTAG

WORLD PREMIERE / IN-HOUSE PRODUCTION

WIR SPIELEN ALLTAG
My Life Between Rubble and Dreams

Cast:
ALINA GAUSE (acting, vocals), CARL MARTIN SPENGLER (acting, vocals)
IRA THEOFANIDIS (acting, vocals), MEIK VAN SEVEREN (acting, vocals)
IRA SHIRAN (accordion)
Stage adaptation, direction and set design: DORI ENGEL
Musical direction: IRA SHIRAN
Based on the novel by: LIZZIE DORON
Costume design: TATJANA HAJDUKOVA
Costume design assistant: MAIA SAMANIEGO

"Wir spielen Alltag" by Lizzie Doron. Translated by Markus Lemke. © 2025 dtv Verlag, Munich

WORLD PREMIERE: Saturday, 21 March 2026, 7:30 pm
22 March 2026 - post-show audience discussion!
26 March 2026 and 8 May 2026 - short pre-show introduction at 7:00 pm.
Further dates: 9 May 2026, 7:30 pm / 22 May 2026, 7:30 pm

Running time: approx. 2 hours including one interval
FREE SEATING!

This is the first theatre to bring the novel of a remarkable woman to the stage: in WIR SPIELEN ALLTAG, Israeli author and peace activist Lizzie Doron recounts her daily life between Berlin and its twin city Tel Aviv since 7 October 2023. She writes of an everyday life that no longer exists yet somehow carries on - of encounters with the bereaved, political arguments at the hairdresser's, memorial events that grow hollow, and the silence on the phone with a Palestinian friend.

Through short episodes from daily life, a disturbing and chaotic reality emerges - one that puts the moral compass and the capacity for empathy to an unexpected test, and redefines what home, friendship and family mean. Every day becomes a desperate attempt to hold on to something, to keep a dream alive, to stay human.

Working closely with Lizzie Doron, acclaimed Israeli director Dori Engel brings the novel to the stage as a music-theatre piece.