Batman - A German-Kurdish Story Told Differently

Celle, 1984: The economy is faltering, jobs are disappearing. Many Germans see only one way out: emigration. To the economically thriving eastern Turkey, to Batman. In the isolation of Anatolia, they hope to find their fortune as guest workers - on construction sites, in factory halls, in the everyday life of a foreign world.

What if history could be reversed? What if Germans had to leave to find shelter and work far from home. What if Germans in Batman had experienced being "the strangers" - without a language course, without connections, dependent on the patience of a society that asks with mild bewilderment: Who are these people with sauerkraut?

BATMAN is a fictional yet profound story about shifting perspective and hope for a better life. At its center is Jörg P., who finds work as a barber in Batman. Between bazaar and barbershop, he navigates language barriers, culture shock, and tea houses without asparagus and cheese. But there is music - and people who grow closer to one another.

Inspired by true biographies of Kurdish families from Celle and accompanied by songs of renowned Kurdish artists, the theatre evening brings cultures together in HALLE 19. What awaits is a poetic interplay between leaving and arriving, between homeland and belonging.