drink fight heidelberg
The Institut für Kontrolle und Exzess (Institute for Control and Excess), founded at Theater Heidelberg, investigated Heidelberg fraternities and sororities for this production. The team went out to speak to members of fraternities and sororites, activists and dropouts – rumour has it they've even been to fraternity houses. Driven by the desire to shed light onto the obscure fabric of fraternities and sororities, the result was an immersive stage performance. It talks about close friendship and toxic masculinity, treasured rituals and badly ageing conventions, about fencing, drinking and honour – and about degrading violence. A fraternal evening.
Info
in German without surtitles
- Location
- Amtsstübl im Verein Alt-Heidelberg
- Duration
- 1 hr. 15 mins. (no intermission)
- First night
- 4 November 2022
- Revival
- 14 October 2026
- Age recommendation
- 16+
This play was invited to KUSS-Festival: Hessische Kinder- und Jugendtheaterwoche 2023 in Marburg and SUMMER UP 2023 in Darmstadt
The production addresses racism, sexism and anti-Semitism on a language level. Alcohol abuse is addressed on a performance level.
Strobe lights and loud music are used in the production.
»We’re brothers in our fraternity, nothing comes between us.«
Cast
The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater und Orchester Heidelberg.
