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Hotel Einheit

Picture from the performance »Hotel Einheit«
© Pablo D Ruiz Alcantú

Theatre in the train about hotels in the GDR

Hotels in the GDR were one of the few places where people from East and West could meet. The restaurants, night bars and rooms offered guests an unaccustomed level of luxury. Shadowing by the Stasi was commonplace in the hotels. Staff from hotels in Eisenhüttenstadt and Frankfurt (Oder) recounted their memories of the hotel business for the documentary theatre play.
The performance will be shown in several railway carriages equipped with original furniture and objects from the GDR and is based on the production »Hotel Lunik« from spring 2024.

With the kind support of: Landesverwaltungsamt Sachsen-Anhalt, Norddeutsche Landesbank, Lotto Sachsen-Anhalt, Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg, Hansestadt Salzwedel, Karin-Witte Stiftung, Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Ministerium für Wissenschaft Forschung und Kultur Brandenburg, Kleist Forum, Kulturbüro Frankfurt (Oder), Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Stiftung Braunschweiger Kulturbesitz, Landkreis Cuxhaven, Landschaftsverband Stade, Gemeinde Schiffdorf, Landkreis Osterholz

© Biassoni / Siemssen / Alcantú
Pictures of the performance

Credits

Company: Waltraud Auer, Richard Gonlag, Kristina Günther, Manuel Jadue, Sven Reese, Margarita Wiesner and local actors

Script & Direction: Jens-Erwin Siemssen

Musical direction: Manuel Jadue

Costume design: Miriam Ebbing

Light design: Birgit Wieger

Production: Ida Bocian, Hannah Wörpel

Premiere: Frankfurt/O. • 8th of August 2024 • 6 pm

further performances in Eisenhüttenstadt, Frankfurt/O., Fürstenwalde, Salzwedel, Stendal, Magdeburg, Braunschweig, Worpswede and Geestenseth from 3rd of August until 15th of September 2024

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