Play development by Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe
Why is belligerence suddenly sexy and peace yesterday's news?
What is war anyway?
And where does it start - outside or inside?
In their play WAR OR PEACE, two actresses and a 100-year-old teddy bear go against the tide of the times: it must be possible, peace! With wild playfulness, razor-sharp curiosity and lots of clever books in their luggage, they take the audience on a journey deep into the past, present and future.
At NATO headquarters, they explore the secrets of cognitive warfare and provide an insight into the abysses of modern, AI-based drone warfare. With thick cigars, Clausewitz and a host of important historians, the three heroes discuss the timeless nature of war, before reporting - from the trenches of the First World War - on everyday life and the inner experience at the front. And then suddenly there it is, the possibility of a miracle.
Based on extensive research, the two theater makers Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe have developed a play that raises awareness of the fact that war is more than an abstract experience and peace more than a "nice to have". It is a well-founded piece of enlightenment, a passionate plea for peace and the ability of every human being to shape it. In order to get into conversation with each other (again), the two artists invite the audience to a discussion after the performance.
By and with Magdalena Scharler, Jenny Helene Wübbe | Music Simon Detel
Supported by fredak MV with funds from the Ministry of Science, Culture, the Federal Government and European Affairs MV
Magdalena Scharler and Jenny Helene Wübbe have been artistically connected since 2019 through their work in the Berlin theater collective syn:format since 2019. KRIEG ODER FRIEDEN is their first work as a duo.
Scharler is a freelance actress and director (includingHebbel am Ufer Berlin, TuD Berlin, Theater Esslingen, safe Basel, among others). From 2016 - 2021, her work was characterized by her collaboration with Syrian refugees. Among other things, she created the award-winning "Trilogy of Arrival" with invitations to (inter)national festivals. Wübbe is a freelance actress and dancer, including a member of the theater collective Panzerkreuzer Rotkäppchen. In 2024, she received an artist's grant from the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and premiered her first self-directed monologue play "ALICE D lost".
