Collective: Nikusha Bakradze, Sopho Zeragia, Magda Lebanidze, Tamri Okhikiani, Sandro Samkharadze, Davit Khorbaladze / Producer: Ana Gurgenidze / International Producers: Nutsa Burjanadze, Tamar Laliashvili
Nothing Political
With Nikusha Bakradze, Sopho Zeragia, Magda Lebanidze, Tamri Okhikiani, Sandro Samkharadze, Davit Khorbaladze
- Theatre
Georgian /
With English surtitles /
approx. 70 mins.
How can you create theatre whilst people are protesting on the streets to defend democracy and oppose a shift towards autocracy? A young Georgian collective combines personal memories with photographs, videos, live music, drag and fiction.
The starting point for “Nothing Political” is the controversial parliamentary elections of October 2024 and the subsequent protests against the government’s political course, in particular against the abandonment of Georgia’s constitutionally enshrined European integration. The members of the collective who developed the performance took part in the demonstrations in Tbilisi themselves.
On stage, personal memories and documentary material such as photos and recordings are interwoven with live music, drag and fiction. Political events become personal stories; personal stories merge into fiction. Navigating between pain, solidarity, humour and hope, “Nothing Political” recounts the protests and brings together voices, gestures and images that resist oblivion. The result is a contradictory, polyphonic archive of a present defined by political resistance.
Press:
“What stands out most clearly is the work’s resistance to explanation. In a cultural environment saturated with instant interpretation, NOTHING POLITICAL withholds clarity. It offers material and leaves meaning in suspension. This demand can feel exacting. Some viewers will continue searching for a clearer statement, a more legible position. Others will recognize in this withholding a form of precision. The piece preserves the contradictions from which it emerges.”
Georgia Today
Team
Dates
Current
Price: 22 €, reduced 12 €
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After the performance on 18.10.: Artist Talk / English
Credits
Production: Open Space | Centre for Visual and Performing Arts. In partnership with: Stockton.
Location
HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 BerlinHAU3 unfortunately is not barrier-free. Access to the theatre is via a stairwell (3rd floor). If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or email us at tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
