65% of all “successful” suicide bombings are carried out by women. But in total, women are only responsible for 15% of all suicide bombings. Female suicide bombers present researchers with a puzzle: do they, like men, die in the name of their country, religion or leader? Or are there perhaps romantic reasons – the love of a mujahideen, for example – that drive women to commit “altruistic suicide”? On the other hand, perhaps they are taking a stance for themselves as women, against the societies in which they live, which are almost always organised along patriarchal lines and often only offer women a very narrow scope for personal development. The director and author Amir Reza Koohestani, who was born in 1978 in Shiraz, Iran, has for many years staged guest performances of plays in Europe that were developed with the “Mehr Theater Group” in Tehran. This is now his second production at the Kammerspiele. Following his savvy, poetically charged identity-politics production of “Der Fall Meursault – Eine Gegendarstellung”, based on the novel “The Meursault Investigation” by Kamel Daoud, he now stages the novel “The Assassin” by the Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra. When the book was published in 2005, it caused a small literary sensation by not giving in to the incomprehensibility of terrorist atrocities, but by trying to understand the terrorist psyche.

With English surtitles. For our seating recommendations please click here.

Tip: Scroll to the bottom of the page in order to obtain the programme as PDF.

Munich is home to more Greeks than any other German city. Many came in the 1960s as guest workers or to escape the military dictatorship back home. In recent years, as a result of the ongoing economic crisis, the number of Greeks living in Germany has risen again for the first time. Many young Greeks belong to the generation of the “working poor” — skilled men and women who have to make do with badly paid jobs. Is the sad reality of Greek life now part of the everyday for many living in Munich too? The Azas/Tsinikoris directing team go in search of the various Greek communities in Munich and create an image of German-Greek history that goes beyond stereotypes. Stories of Munich citizens from Greece.

Tip: Scroll to the bottom of the page in order to obtain the programme as PDF.

More than one year ago the decision was made to stage at the Kammerspiele T.C. Boyle’s novel (1995) about the paranoid fear of a US American border community of being overrun by illegal immigrants from Mexico. At that time Europe could not possibly imagine the migration movements of the years 2015 and 2016. Today, however, the question of how to handle the exodus of several million people splinters the EU and its societies which results in obvious parallels to the phenomena described in Boyle’s “América”. But this fact may only partially reflect the intentions of the American author. When 20 years ago he published the story of a couple of Mexican immigrants and their equally involuntary as well as fatal encounter with the inhabitants of a noble residential estate south of Los Angeles, his primary focus was not directed at the artist’s response to an imminent social emergency. Boyle was rather searching for an opportunity to expose the human primal fears which arise in view of imaginary threats and are thus able to override all reason. In an almost surreal scenario where an unlimited will to survive encounters hysterical xenophobia, Boyle’s story causes the social norms of all involved parties to become unhinged. They metamorphose into an image for which a famous Christian sequence of words could be rewritten as follows: Faith, Hope, Panic.

With English surtitles. For our seating recommendations please click here.

NEXT WELCOME CAFÉ 2018:

25. JUNE // 23. JULY
6-10pm
free entrance

25. JUNE
6 pm Café
7 pm Work exhibition and DJ - Future Campus

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Contact: kammer4you@kammerspiele.de

Archive

4th April Special
>> Peace of Paper - Design and print your own stamps
>> Sewing / embroidering with Andreas Biberger (tailor Kammerspiele)
>> Drawing / face painting with Sylvia Janka & Elke Bauer (Kammerspiele)
>> 8pm: THE TRIP by Anis Hamdoun - reading in Arabic and German

11th April Special
>> 5-7pm: dance workshop with Philip Buyi Kkoolo (Uganda)
>> Painting with Sylvia Janka (Kammerspiele)
>> Sewing / embroidering with Andreas Biberger (Kammerspiele)
>> 8pm: Konzert mit der Groupe Diam aus dem Senegal

18th April Special
>> 4-6pm painting with kids
>> 4-6pm theatre games with kids age 8-12
>> 5-7pm information & opportunities to work in Germany; German practice with games: how to introduce yourself during a job interview ( by Social Impact Recruiting)
>> 5-7pm mask workshop with Sylvia Janka and Elke Bauer (Kammerspiele)
>> 8pm: OPEN BORDER ENSEMBLE: Short films and talks with the filmmakers

25th April Special
>> 4-7pm Handmade postcards
>> 5-7pm information & opportunities to work in Germany; learning about cultural differences, German cultural habits & behaviours (by Social Impact Recruiting and Turning Tables).
>> 8pm: concert with the choirs: Syrischer Friedenschor and Herrenbesuch

2nd May Special
>> 4-7pm: Peace of Paper - make your own stamp
>> 4:30-6pm: cinema for kids (in German with Arabic voiceover in a separate space)
>> 8pm: Concert with جِسْر Jisr (Brücke) from Syria and the AfghanBand

9th May Special
>> 4:30-5:30: cinema for kids in german, arabic and dari
>> 7-8pm: Match Point - Find Your language partner
>> 8pm: reading by Christian Eloundou, Cameroon: König der Sonne - Flucht vor der Heimat (King of the sun – fleeing from home). In German and French.
Moderation: Christine von dem Knesebeck and Almut Hielscher
Followed by: La groupe Diamme - Percussion from Senegal

May 16 Special
>> 7.30 pm: Concert Express Brass Band
>> 8.45 pm: YouTube Disco - Play your favorite song!
Choose your favorite song on Youtube and we play it in Kammer 2. Different types and styles of music will create a colorful playlist.
>> 8.45 pm: "Messages of Refugees" is a radio programm for young refugees who produce their own radio features broadcasted on BR2/ Zündfunk. Abid Omarkhail, Ameen Nasir and Rania Mleihi will present this program in the Dachkammer.

23nd May Special
4:30 – 5:30 pm: cinema for kids aged 4 and older (+ parents ) in German, Arabic, Farsi
5-8 pm: Sing together - Michael Jackson Medley with Nadine
8 pm: Silent movie(s)

May 30 Special City and Theatre Tours with translation!!

5-6 pm: Zumba workshop
8 pm: Dance together with Helga Burkhard – international folklore
9 pm: Iftar (fast breaking) with soup and bread

13th June WELCOME CAFÉ in the garden of the theatre only until 7:00 pm!
4:30 & 6 pm: live music - guitar and percussion with Louis Gomez and Cheikh Bangoura
5 pm–7 pm: dance together with Cristina D'Alberto
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm: Sing together and more with Clara Horbach

20th June WELCOME CAFÉ in the garden of the theatre only until 7:00 pm!
5 pm–7 pm: dance together with Taigue Achmed
6 pm: Le Groupe Diamme

27th June WELCOME CAFÉ from 4–10 pm
4-7 pm: "Sprungbrett into work" - internships for refugees. Get help with your applications and answers to your questions about working in germany
5-6 pm: tales and stories for children and grown-ups with Gabi Altenbach (german-nonverbal)
5-7 pm: dance together with Christina
8 pm: reading with Assaf Alassaf "Abu Jürgen" (german-arabic)
9 pm: "Eine Prise Kultur" – launch of the website. Recipes, videos and stories about dishes: Integration is through the stomach. A project by students from the Hochschule für angewandte Sprachen
9:15 pm: iftar with fingerfood from „Eine Prise Kultur“, soup and bread

4TH JULY WELCOME CAFÉ from 4 – 10 pm
DANCE TOGETHER 5 – 7 pm
with Christina D’Alberto
MUSIC 7:30 pm with Arash, Gitarre (Afghanistan)
SILENT MOVIE(S) 8 pm
IFTAR 9:15 pm
with soup and bread

11TH JULY WELCOME CAFÉ – IN THE GARDEN OF THE THEATRE
only until 7:00 pm!
SING TOGETHER with Nadina Memagic 5 – 7 pm
MUSIC for piano and violin with David Marton and Nurit Stark 5:00 pm
lateron MUSIC with Louis Gomez and Cheikh Bangoura
MAGICIAN Max Schneider 5:30 pm

18TH JULY WELCOME CAFÉ – IN THE GARDEN OF THE THEATRE
only until 7:00 pm!
SING TOGETHER with Nadina Memagic 5 – 7 pm
MAGICIAN Max Schneider 5:00 pm
MUSIC accordion with Pongpold 5:30 pm

25TH JULY WELCOME CAFÉ at Kammer 2
from 4 – 10 pm DANCE TOGETHER Workshop with Taigué Ahmed 5 – 7 pm
MAGICIAN Markus Laymann 6 pm
EXTRACTS from MUSICAL THEATRE "Noah" by Staatsoper Munich, 8 pm
followed by: DJ Ko Mokoress from Senegal

26TH SEPTEMBER 2016
16 - 20 Uhr Café and Repair Station and interkulturelles DJ-Set von DJ Baba (Feierwerk)
ab 16:30 Uhr CV-Workshop mit SOCIAL IMPACT RECRUITING
20 - 22 Uhr PLUG-IN BEATS by Feierwerk, Visuals by tps nostromo

17. OKTOBER 2016
16 - 20 Uhr Café und Repair Station
16 - 20 Uhr Kiron University Information Table
17 - 19:30 Uhr Impuls Art: Workshop:
Create your own artwork by using painting, virtual graffiti, snapchat and 3 D. A project by Rathausgalerie Kunsthalle in cooperation with PA/SPIELkultur e.V. und SIN-Studio im Netz.
20 - 22 Uhr Music by Endiban Ton and Arash Ony (hosted by OPEN BORDER ENSEMBLE)

21 NOVEMBER 2016
16 - 20 Uhr Café und Repair Station
19 - 20 Uhr Presentation Kino Asyl, Pinakothek, ZAIDA
20 - 22 Uhr The Exodus Lecture by Ángel Hernández
Music with DJ Ko Mokoress

12 DECEMBER 2016

16 - 20 Uhr Café und Repair Station
19 Uhr Präsentation OPEN BORDER ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL
Ab 20 Uhr: ARRIVING-IN-MUNICH.DE LIVE

23 JANUARY 2017

ab 17 Uhr Café and Repair Station
18 Uhr „BEIRUT PARC“ – kids seek refuge in football
19-21 Uhr „Match Point“ - share time, knowledge and skills
21 Uhr DJ Chaspa Chaspo

20 FEBRUARY 2017

ab 18 Uhr Café und Repair Station
ab 20 Uhr Kino Asyl:
Buzkashi Boys, Afghanistan / USA 2012, 30 Min., OmdtU
ضيعة ضايعة (Das verlorene Dorf) Syrien 2008 / 2016, 42 Min., OmdtU

20 MARCH: SCHWABINGGRAD BALLETT & ARRIVATI

24 APRIL 2017

6pm Café with SocialRide and wolkenschlösser
8pm lecture: Andere Stimmen (other voices)
With Amahl Khouri, Federico Italiano, Markus Ostermair und Yamen Hussein.
In German, English, Arabic and Italian
Presentation: Lena Gorelik and Tristan Marquardt
In cooperation with the Cultural Department of the City of Munich
9pm Konzert: Express Brass Band

29 MAY

LONG NIGHT OF MUNICH'S CHOIRS
with Attac-Chor, Choir of the Five Continents, International Nasheed Chor "Salam" München,Sing a Liad and Syrian Friedenschor // IFTAR at 9pm

26 JUNE AND 24 JULY

The Welcome Café will stay outside. In July, the Kammerspiele once more invites visitors to meet and exchange. The Wolkenschlösser group is offering workshops in newspaper blackout poetry, calligraphy and collages. What’s more, there will be a beauty salon – women only – as well as a book fleamarket for language-learning material and live music by Louis Gomez and Cheikh Bangoura.

2. OCTOBER
6pm: Café
7:30pm: Initiative InterAct presents the projects "Who are you now"
8pm: FILM: LES SAUTEURS - THOSE WHO JUMP
by Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé
French/Bambara with German subtitles
talk with Abou Bakar Sidibé in English

6. NOVEMBER
7.30 pm intergroove - rhythm lab: Final performance of Biennale plus project week with Robyn Schulkowsky and students from the project “FlüB & S - refugees in work and school” at Munich Volkshochschule and Year 10 of the Pestalozzi Gymnasium.
Assistance: Students from Raymond Curf’s class at the College of Music and Theatre
8 pm Reading with four authors from NeuLand, a newspaper that initiates dialogue and encounters turning the strange into the familiar. Refugees and migrants are therefore offered a chance to voice and describe their experiences on arriving and living in a new country.

15. JANUARY
7:30 pm MixMuc:
The MixMuc Team by Kulturraum presents their magazine
followed by Dabke:
Dabke is a famous dance in most countries around the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Aiman Attia and Hosam Karbotly, two experienced teachers from Miunik Dabkeh will show us how to do it.

19. FEBRUARY
6pm Café
7:30 pm Presentation Open Border Ensemble
8.00 pm Munich International Choral Society is singing with us Songs from all over the world - with Pamela Stout (piano) and Mary Ellen Kitchens (choral conducting)

12. MARCH
6 pm Café
7 pm Movie Neukölln Unlimited and talk with Hassan Akkouch:
The siblings Akkouch grew up in Berlin-Neukölln, their youth is influenced by their passion for breakdance and music. The movie shows their everyday life, that's not only influenced by their big dream of a dance career, but also by the fight of the family for their right to stay in Germany. Now, Hassan is actor and part of the ensemble at the Kammerspiele and of many television productions.

9. APRIL
6 pm Café
7- 9 pm MATCH POINT- an exchange platform for time, knowledge and skills.
And music with Frisch Greiling

7. MAY
6 pm Café
7.30 pm reading with authors of the SZ-column Neue Heimat (New Home): Mohammad Alkhalf, Lillian Ikulumet and Korbinian Eisenberger
8 pm CONCERT EMBRYO with Abdul Samad Habibi, Bayram Celik and Dine Doneff

Munich is home to more Greeks than any other German city. Many came in the 1960s as guest workers or to escape the military dictatorship back home. In recent years, as a result of the ongoing economic crisis, the number of Greeks living in Germany has risen again for the first time. Many young Greeks belong to the generation of the “working poor” — skilled men and women who have to make do with badly paid jobs. Is the sad reality of Greek life now part of the everyday for many living in Munich too? The Azas/Tsinikoris directing team go in search of the various Greek communities in Munich and create an image of German-Greek history that goes beyond stereotypes. Stories of Munich citizens from Greece.

Tip: Scroll to the bottom of the page in order to obtain the programme as PDF.

In his novel “On the road,” Jack Kerouac retraces the aspirations of the Beat Generation. Sal Paradise, the main protagonist, flits breathlessly across America. In a tireless search for a different, freer and wilder existence, he goes on adventures that are off the map of bourgeois conformism. David Marton’s combo of jazz musicians and actors interweaves the flow of Kerouac’s text with music. An improvised composition results from the interplay of word and sound. At intoxicating speed, spontaneous prose and musical imagination mutually fire each other on – and become the driving force for a journey into the gaps in America’s society.

With English surtitles. For our seating recommendations please click here.

Tip: Scroll to the bottom of the page in order to obtain the programme as PDF.

Every month, we offer guided tours (in German) behind the scenes of Münchner Kammerspiele to give you insights into the conception and staging of plays. The tour starts on a rehearsal stage, leads through the work shops and ends on the main stage of Kammer 1.

Meeting point: foyer of Kammer 2.

Free entry, tickets are available online and at the box office