Teresa meets Therese – An approach by cabaret artist Teresa Reichl to Therese Giehse

Therese Giehse is linked to the history of the Münchner Kammerspiele like no other actress. She was strong-willed, Jewish, lesbian and loud. She defended her artistic and personal autonomy and stood up for an open society. And yet, to this day, she is not given the place in (theater) history that she deserves.

What would Therese Giehse be doing today? We can only guess. But perhaps an approximation can be made: what would she have to say today?

Let’s ask another original: Teresa Reichl is eloquent, Lower Bavarian, queer and loud. She is a cabaret artist and author and skillfully opposes political brutalization with her art. And when she heard about Therese Giehse for the first time, she simply said: “Why the hell doesn’t anyone know who that is? This woman is Queen”.

And that’s why there’s an evening with Teresa about Therese. Texts by Erika Mann from the cabaret “Die Pfeffermühle”, in which Giehse also took part, form the basis for a sketch by the young cabaret artist Reichl. Reichl does the Giehse. And then Giehse becomes Reichl again.

And when she is completely herself again, Reichl, dramaturge Gina Penzkofer talks to her about her artistic work, the power of political cabaret and the need to be loud and authentic.

Teresa Reichl

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Therese Giehse

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Hilde Zemann

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