A play development by & with Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe
WAR OR PEACE
| A play development by & with Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe
on Wednesday, June 03, 2026
at 19.00 hrs
PLACE Kulturkirche St. Jakobi Stralsund/ Gustav-Adolf-Saal
2 actresses and a 100-year-old teddy bear. They join forces to buck the tide of time: Why is warfare suddenly sexy and peace a thing of the past? What is war anyway? And where does it start - outside or inside?
With wild playfulness, razor-sharp curiosity and lots of clever books in their luggage, the three of them venture into NATO headquarters. They must know this: Why do people go to war? And is peace even possible?
Voices and images emerge: 20th/21st century - at first clear, then less and less distinguishable. And then Teddy suddenly speaks up...
With their theater evening, the two theater makers show that war is more than an abstract experience and peace more than a "nice to have". Based on extensive research, they have created a play that creates surprising perspectives (on our own certainties) and invites us to (re)enter into conversation with each other. WAR OR PEACE, a piece of well-founded enlightenment and a passionate plea for peace and human freedom.
Audience comments
"It is almost impossible to put the humor and depth of the play into words. Watch and experience, laugh and cry." (Frank G., Hamburg)
"Thank you for a great and thought-provoking evening." (Katharina R., Berlin)
"Ingenious. Played with so much heart and depth. So well researched. And so funny at the same time!" (Gisela B., Berlin)
Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe have been artistically connected since 2019 through their work in the Berlin theater collective syn:format. KRIEG ODER FRIEDEN is their first work as a duo.
Magdalena Scharler works as a freelance actress and director in Germany and Switzerland. Play developments form the core of her work (e.g. Hebbel am Ufer, HAU2, Forum Theater Stuttgart, Safe Basel, Theater Esslingen, Theater im Delphi Berlin, Theater unterm Dach, Jagdschloß Grunewald). In 2014 she founded syn:format. Until 2021, the collaboration with Syrian refugees shaped its productions. Among other things, the award-winning "Trilogy of Arrival" was created with invitations to (inter)national festivals.
Jenny Helene Wübbegraduated from the Hamburg School of Drama in 2018. This was followed by further dance-performative training, including with ULTIMA VEZ, ORIANTHEATRE, at the Marina Abramovic Institute, in Berlin, Paris, Krakow and Athens. As an actress and dancer, she has been a member of Panzerkreuzer Rotkäppchen since 2019 (director: Susann Neuenfeldt, e.g. Stasi Zentrale Berlin, Techno-Club ://about blank, Friedrich-Wolf-Theater Eisenhüttenstadt). In 2024, she received an artist's grant from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and performed her first self-directed monologue play "ALICE D lost".
More information:www.kriegoderfrieden.com
KRIEG ODER FRIEDEN premiered in January 2026 at the DGH Thandorf and Ballhaus Prinzenallee, Berlin. Supported by fredak MV with funds from the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Tickets are available from the Stralsund Tourist Office, online via Reservix and at the box office.
