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APOLLON - STOP TRYNA BE GOD
© Berliner Festspiele / Treffen junge Szene

Recording from 5 June 2026

Available from 8 June 2026 until 1 June 2027

ca. 83 min

German

“Masculinity is neither good nor bad – it depends on what we make of it.” The Apollos of today – an ensemble of eleven male-identifying young people aged 15 to 20 from diverse cultural backgrounds – descend from Olympus, take on Zeus, deconstruct male role models and reassemble them anew. Where are the sons of the future heading, and which questions accompany them?

By and with

Gustav Becker, Bowen Gao, Nuragha Gasimov, Tasos Geraidis, Amin Hubricht, Simon Karol Gabriel Ilga, Uğur Kepenek, Anton Schebesta, Andreas Spektorov, Zhengli Wang, Timo Walek, Fabio Wilson, Juri Win Wintersig

Nuragha Gasimov, Andreas Spektorov, Zhengli Wang, Juri Win Wintersig – Live-Musik

waltraud900 – Idea and artistic direction
Bianca Künzel – Direction
Phaedra Pisimisi – Choreography
Bianca Künzel, Dorle Trachternach – Text 
Dorle Trachternach – Dramaturgy
Ria Papadopoulou – Equipment
Linda Bockholt – Music and musical direction
Uğur Kepenek aka Busy Beast – Texts/Rap
Theo Gatzka – Production Assistant
Mohammed Marouf Alhassan – Choreography assistant
Katrin Wiesemann – Production direction
Julius Kindermann, Eckehard Merholz – Lighting
Thorsten Runge – Sound
Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf und Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster – Co-production partners

Supported by the Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Düsseldorf, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (Diversity Fund) and the Fonds Darstellende Künste, with funding from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.