Berlin | World Premiere of "The Most Unsatisfied Town" by Amy Evans
Image © 2016 English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Centre
The world premiere of "The Most Unsatisfied Town" on Thursday, April 7th has already sold out!
Written by Witnessed author, Amy Evans, and directed by Daniel Brunet of English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Centre, this play will run for a total of 14 performances throughout April 2016, including one school matinee performance on Wednesday, April 13th.This brilliant and important play is based on the true story of Oury Jalloh, who was killed in Dessau police custody on January 7, 2005, and the activists of the Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh, who spurred an international movement to bring his killers to justice.
Image © 2005 Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh
Accompanying the performances of "The Most Unsatisfied Town" will be a lobby exhibition exploring Oury Jalloh, other deaths in police custody throughout Europe and related topics. The production also features a comprehensive schedule of post-performance discussions (April 8th, 14th & 21st) and a pre-performance panel discussion (April 10th):
Friday, April 8th | Post-Performance Discussion (in conjunction with Theater Scoutings Berlin)
• Mouctar Bah, Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh
• Moderation by Amy Evans, Playwright
• Simultaneous Interpretation (German-English) by Catherine Johnson
Sunday, April 10th | Pre-Performance Panel Discussion (4pm)
• Mai Shutta, Oranienplatz Activist
• Elizabeth Ngari, Women in Exile
• Dr. Sunny Omwenyeke, The Voice Refugee Forum Bremen / The Caravan
• Bino Byansi Byakuleka, Oranienplatz Activist and African Refugees Union
• Moderation by Sharon Dodua Otoo, RAA Berlin
Thursday, April 14th | Post-Performance Discussion
• Dr. Andrés Nader, Executive Director, RAA Berlin
• Moderation by Josephine Apraku, Institut für diskriminierungsfreie Bildung
Thursday, April 21st | Post-Performance Discussion
• Thomas Ndindah, Initiative in Remembrance of Oury Jalloh
• Moderation by Dr. Noa Ha, Migrationsrat Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
"Since he arrived in Germany, Laurence has tried to do everything by the rules. He applied for asylum, waited patiently for his papers and found the kind of job no national would ever care to do. He is friendly to his neighbors, even the ones who tease his children in school, and cooperates with the police when they ask for his help.
He's found the formula for survival, or so he things, until one day his friend Rahim mysteriously disappears. When the body turns up charred beyond recognition, Laurence is thrust to the fore of a civil rights movement and is forced to take a closer look at the town he was so ready to call home."
The Most Unsatisfied Town (Witnessed Edition 4)
Münster: edition assemblage
Amy Evans (2015)
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Sharon Otoo möchte alle aus der Community ganz herzlich zu einer Theateraufführung von „The Most Unsatisfied Town" („Die unzufriedenste Stadt") von Amy Evans einladen (http://www.etberlin.de/production/the-most-unsatisfied-town/).
Das Stück basiert auf der wahren Geschichte von Oury Jalloh, der am 7. Januar 2005 in einer Dessauer Polizeizelle ermordet worden ist, und den unabhängigen Recherchen der Aktivist*innen der Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh, die eine international Bewegung initiiert haben, mit dem Ziel den Fall aufzuklären und Gerechtigkeit für Jalloh zu erlangen.
Die Weltpremiere der Aufführung des Stückes findet am Donnerstag, 7. April 2016 im English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center statt - dies ist allerdings bereits ausverkauft.
Bis Freitag, 22. April 2016 wird es weitere 11 Aufführungen geben.
Im Rahmen der Aufführungen wird es ein theaterpädagogisches Angebot für Schuler*innen geben und außerdem eine Reihe von „Pre- und Post-Performance Discussions".
Infos sind alle hier zu finden: http://www.etberlin.de/production/the-most-unsatisfied-town/
Wollen wir alle als Black Community & Friends uns zu der Aufführung am Sonntag, 10. April treffen?
An dem Tag gibt es nämlich ein Pre-Performance discussion ab 16:00 mit:
Mai Shutta, Oranienplatz Activist
Elizabeth Ngari, Women in Exile
Dr. Sunny Omwenyeke, The VOICE Refugee Forum Bremen / The Caravan
Bino Byansi Byakuleka, Oranienplatz Activist and African Refugees Union
Ich würde mich sehr freuen, wenn soviele von uns wie möglich, dabei sein könnten.
Vielen Dank und liebe Grüße!
Sharon
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