VERGLÜHENDE LANDSCHAFTEN

Erfurt, summer 1989 after the vacations: Anja returns to her school. Many of her classmates are no longer there, having moved away to start a new life elsewhere. Steffen, the Nazi, is still there. In the years that follow, things that had previously been a natural part of life gradually disappear – morning roll calls, friends. New ones are added and overwrite the previous reality. There is hardly any time to say goodbye. Germany reunited. Can this mean less than more? What do we remember in the context of reunification and unification narratives? Anja remembers the years of change; the narratives of reunification and her own experience.

Verglühende Landschaften is a poetic performance of remembrance far removed from conventional historiography. Using the means of documentary theater and contemporary circus, the play tells of upheaval, growing up and the experience of loss and builds a bridge to the present day.