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nikolai-gemel

Gemel, Nikolai

stella-hilb

Hilb, Stella

michael-minna-sebastian

Sebastian, Michael „Minna“

noah-ilyas-karayar

Karayar, Noah Ilyas

titus-von-issendorff

von Issendorff, Titus

christian-baron

Baron, Christian

katja-ha

Haß, Katja

Lukas Holzhausen&nbsp;<code>Direction</code> Katja Haß&nbsp;<code>Stage and costume design</code> Robert Pawliczek&nbsp;<code>Music, video</code> Mario Waldowski&nbsp;<code>Lighting design</code> Annika Henrich&nbsp;<code>Dramaturgy</code>
<h3>Cast</h3>
Nikolai Gemel&nbsp;<code>Christian</code> Stella Hilb&nbsp;<code>Aunt Juli, Mother</code> Noah Ilyas Karayar / Titus von Issendorff&nbsp;<code>Benny</code> Michael „Minna“ Sebastian&nbsp;<code>Father</code> Jan Thümer&nbsp;<code>His voice</code>

lukas-holzhausen

Holzhausen, Lukas

annika-henrich

Henrich, Annika

robert-pawliczek

Pawliczek, Robert

Based on the novel by Christian Baron 
and adapted for the stage by Lukas Holzhausen and Annika Henrich

Schauspiel Hannover

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Poverty, fear and shame shape the childhood of Christian and his siblings. His frequently inebriated father is unpredictably violent and yet, Christian always wants him to stay. In his debut novel, author and journalist Christian Baron looks back on his own 1990s childhood in Kaiserslautern, and on a father who had many different faces. In this precise stage adaptation, director and actor Lukas Holzhausen and his cast present a sensitive and impressive portrait of classism, marginalisation and family solidarity.

Statement of the jury 
Christian Baron grew up during the 1990s in Kaiserslautern, on the crumbling curb of the precariat. His father was an alcoholic and routinely hit Baron&rsquo;s mother. And yet: &ldquo;I always wanted him to stay&rdquo;, says Christian Baron at one point. This violent-tempered, strong man was also the hero of his childhood. In this memoir published in 2020, Baron, who works as an editor and author today, talks about violence and love, and about how his family isolated themselves so that no one would know. A wordless amateur performer plays the father in Lukas Holzhausen&rsquo;s production. Unperturbed by the events around him, he knocks together the poorly insulated one-room-flat designed by Katja Ha&szlig;. The father&rsquo;s loud voice shouts from offstage and in the coarsest Palatine dialect, interrupting the characters&rsquo; dialogue again and again. Together with the buzzing of the cordless screwdriver, this voice becomes the unpredictable soundtrack of the show. A show that talks intelligent and dispassionately about classism, about solidarity and family and about what it is like to grow up poor in this rich country.

<a href="https://mediathek.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/theatertreffen/2022/katrin-ullmann-ueber-ein-mann-seiner-klasse" target="_blank" title="To the video statement of Katrin Ullmann">To juror Katrin Ullmann&rsquo;s video statement in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library (in German)</a>

To the event on the Berliner Festspiele website

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Theatertreffen 2022

Ein Mann seiner Klasse

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