Heart of a Dog
A production by HAUEN UND STECHEN in cooperation with THEATER THIKWA and WESTGERMANY.
Attention: The event will take place at WestGermany on Skalitzer Str. 133.
A street dog in need ends up in a dubious practice and becomes the victim of a terrible experiment: He is to be transplanted with a human cerebellum. But something goes wrong during the operation and the medical staff are transformed with him...
An opera performance in West Germany, a former dentist's surgery at Kottbusser Tor. Music theater collective Hauen und Stechen and Theater Thikwa operate on a post-Soviet creature. Can anything positive come of it? And if not, what to do with the waste? Between the hope of experimentation, hubris and sheer horror, we are dealing with cracks in history, confused circumstances and mean theater criticism.
An operation based on the novella of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov.
Funded by Fonds Darstellende Künste from resources of the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, as well as by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.
For any questions concerning the tickets, please contact:
hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com or by phone at: 01520 5959223
NOTES ON ACCESSIBILITY
The venue is located on the 2nd floor. There is no elevator. There are five
stairs with a total of about 50 steps. If you need assistance, please contact us at: hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com or call 01520 5959223. If necessary, it is possible to be in the room before everyone else.
Toilets are also located on the 2nd floor, next to the venue. The nearest
wheelchair-accessible toilet is located in the “Südblock” on the
opposite side of Kottbusser Tor.
The audience moves through the space with the performers. There are three stations.
All of them have seating options with and without backrests and
space to stand. There are no allocated seats. If you need a special seat
please let us know in advance via email (hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com), phone (01520 5959223) or at the box office on the day of the performance. One of the three stations will also be outside on the terrace.
Fog will probably be used. There will also be dark scenes.
We will publish detailed sensory and content information shortly before the
the premiere.
Admission: 19:00 and 21:00
Start: 19:30 and 21:30
Duration: approx. 1 hour
Please contact us if you cannot afford the entrance fee. We are happy to offer free access to the performances. Just send an email to hauenundstechen2024@gmail.com. Also, if you have any questions about accessibility.
And please note – the event on September 13th is a HAUEN UND STECHEN SPECIAL – A museum tour through the Bodemuseum by Roman Lemberg.
In the performance HUNDEHERZ we are concerned with the transformations from animal to human and from human to animal. With a trip to the museum, we also want to pursue this theme in art history. Since time immemorial, people have been transforming themselves into animals by imitating their movements and sounds, through masks, pinned ears and horns, through costumes with fur, wings and claws. Rituals of animal transformations seem to have existed in the earliest cultures, later animal people migrated into mythology, fantastic zoology and the grotesque decorations of salons and parks. In the historically designed rooms of the Bodemuseum, we visit satyrs, fauns, scapegoats and devils who got stuck halfway in the transformation between human and animal.
Please note that the price does not include admission to the museum. You will need to purchase a ticket yourself before the start of the tour and may be entitled to a discount in accordance with the Bode Museum’s scale of fees.
The guided tour is conducted in German.