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By Sivan Ben Yishai
Medusa, the offspring of two incestuous sea creatures, is seduced and raped in Athena’s temple by Poseidon, the god of the sea. Enraged, Athena transforms Medusa into a winged creature with snakes for hair who turns anyone who looks at her to stone. Quite a few men embark on the journey to cut off Medusa’s head and acquire its power. Perseus succeeds – with Athena’s help. The anti-heroine is outwitted and beheaded. So goes the myth, and thus the mythological frame of reference for negotiating rules, fears and violent fantasies. Sivan Ben Yishai’s play is a modern survey of the patriarchal gender model as a cross-cultural and epoch-spanning system of violence that reproduces itself thanks to toleration and support. Songs to lovers and tales of young girls’ hopeful dreams for the future reflect hetero-sexist norms. And the work’s propulsive narrative energy allows us become part of a powerful hunt – on the paved highways of history, both backwards and forwards.
Trigger warning: the text contains many descriptions of sexualised acts of violence which could have a debilitating and re-traumatising effect.
Invited to the Theatertreffen 2022
Nominated for the NESTROY Preis 2022
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- With Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Jelena Kuljić, Bekim Latifi, Edith Saldanha, Mehmet Sözer
- Off-Voice Wiebke Puls
- Directed by & Choreographe Pınar Karabulut
- Stage Michela Flück
- Costumes Teresa Vergho
- Music Daniel Murena
- Lighting Jürgen Tulzer
- Dramaturge Mehdi Moradpour
- Text Sivan Ben Yishai
- Assistant to the Director Sascha Malina Hoffmann
- Stage Design Assistant Leonard Mandl
- Assistant Costume Designer Florian Buder
- Directing Intern Miriam Lohr
- Costumes intern Jacqueline Elaine Koch
- Dramaturgy Intern Flora Riezinger
- Stage Manager Julia Edelmann
- Artistic Production Management Daniela Schroll
- Soufflage Sandra Petermann
- Surtitles Agentur SprachSpiel - Yvonne Griesel
- Technical Production Management Lukas Balthasar Pank, Jonas Pim Simon
- Stage Master Trevor Nelthorpe
- Stage Machinery Thomas Grill, Stephan Preusser
- Lighting Robert Borkner, Franziska Erbe, Tankred Friedrich, Michael Pohorsky
- Sound Viola Drewanz, Paolo Mariangeli
- Make-Up Marisa Schleimer, Nicola Richter-Okegwo, Paula Bitaroczky
- Costumes Bernd Canavan, Friederike Diemer, Marija Ružić, Teresa Winkelmann
- Props Daniel Bittner
- Carpentry Susanne Dölger, Sebastian Nebe, Josef Piechatzek, Erik Clauß
- Locksmithery Friedrich Würzhuber, Jürgen Goudenhooft, Patrik Waschkawitz
- Decoration Tobias Herzog, Martin Schall
- Scenic Painting Evi Eschenbach, Jeanette Raue
- Stage Sculpture Maximilian Biek
Press reviews
“’Like Lovers Do (Memoiren der Medusa)’ […] ist Theater für heute […] Mit einer schonungslos rohen Wucht benennt Sivan Ben Yishai in ihrem wie ein kollektives Klagelied komponierten Textgeflecht alle erdenklichen Details sexualisierter Gewalt, und stellt sie damit an ihren sprachlichen Pranger.“