From fringe ensemble and Bonn Biennale
In cooperation with the Sport- und Bäderamt der Bundessstadt Bonn with the kind support of Allianz Filialdirektion Bonn.

For GESCHICHTEN, GETÜRKT we went in search of Turkish and Turkish-born Bonners who want to talk about their lives, about their longings and worries, about Germany and Turkey, about distance and home. The text and the piece have developed from these different encounters.

With: David Fischer, Justine Hauer, Nicole Kersten, Bettina Marugg, Maria Munkert, Harald Redmer
Director: Frank Heuel
Stage & Costumes: Annika Ley
Dramaturgy: Svenja Pauka
Assistant dramaturg and director: Kristina Wydra
Director’s hospitance: Lena Biersch
Light: Lothar Krüger, Philipp Klais
Technique: Peter Lürenbaum
Mask: Gesa Gerwin

First performance: June 12, 2008 at Frankenbad, Bon

I’m from Turkey, but I was born here // I was at the end, I thought I’d go back // it’s all like that, when you get married here, it’s not so easy // with a Turkish passport I can do everything here // my father lives in Turkey // a Turk needs a wife, a horse, a gun // I think they think I’m German // 8500 Turks in Bonn // my Turkish friends wouldn’t get along with that // my father was a stranger for my mother // look, we have many, many women without headscarves // I dream more in German // I was always German, because I speak this language // so, I wear my headscarf // it’s your own fault, I say, that the men are like that to you // I have many German customers for meat // Turkish men, yes // we cried and sang a lot // actually we wanted to live there

For GESCHICHTEN, GETÜRKT we went in search of Turkish and Turkish-born Bonners who want to talk about their lives, about their longings and worries, about Germany and Turkey, about distance and home. The text and the piece have developed from these different encounters. A journey into a world that is located here in Bonn, but is neither Turkish nor German. EXPEDITION.

We would like to thank our interview partners for their openness and willingness to talk. Furthermore, we would like to thank the people who helped us transcribe the interviews. All texts are taken from the interviews.