A stage photo depicting eight male-presenting individuals. Seven of them are kneeling on the floor and mostly looking straight ahead. The one in the center is jumping and is caught mid-air with arms wide open and a screaming facial expression. In the background, stage lights create a theatrical atmosphere. They are wearing typical youthful clothing and a golden laurel wreath on their head.
APOLLON - STOP TRYNA BE GOD, waltraud900, Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf
© Christian Knieps

Recording from 5 June 2026

Available from 8 June 2026 until 1 June 2027

ca. 75 min

German

Treffen junge Szene

“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 WintersigLive-Musik

waltraud900Idea and artistic direction
Bianca KünzelDirection
Phaedra PisimisiChoreography
Bianca Künzel, Dorle Trachternach – Text 
Dorle TrachternachDramaturgy
Ria PapadopoulouEquipment
Linda BockholtMusic and musical direction
Uğur Kepenek aka Busy BeastTexts/Rap
Theo GatzkaProduction Assistant
Mohammed Marouf AlhassanChoreography assistant
Katrin WiesemannProduction direction
Julius Kindermann, Eckehard MerholzLighting
Thorsten RungeSound
Forum Freies Theater Düsseldorf und Theater im Pumpenhaus MünsterCo-production partners