Madonna's Last Dream by Doğan Akhanlı

Canceled until further notice - more information will follow! The Cologne writer Doğan Akhanlı recently became known to a wider audience through his arrest in Granada, the report of his arrest ordered by the Erdogan regime while on vacation in Spain and the subsequent release thanks to mediation by the EU. His epic Madonna's last dream, published in 2006, is a fascinating, multi-layered text that describes the darkest chapter of German history from an unusual perspective: it is conveyed via the character of the Turkish writer Sabahattin Ali and his relationship to the

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Author [theater] texts I – The fourth character of Doğan Akhanlı

October 2020 // The fourth figure of Doğan Akhanlı Box, magazine and rehearsal stage // Deutsche Theater Berlin, Schumannstraße 13A Lockdown, theater and rehearsal break. A director's assistant climbs into the archives of the theater and sets out on the trail of a spy thriller whose threads reach into the present day. Doğan Akhanlı wrote a monologue for the Autor[theater]tage 2020: as a biographical puzzle game between Israel, Turkey, yesterday, here and now. The fourth figure will be presented as a scenic reading as part of Author[theater]texte I. dramaturgy

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