Safa and Aisha are best friends. The two Pakistani-British women from London's East End have known each other for what feels like forever. But now, at 21, they are about to enter the workforce, and their paths diverge for the first time: While Aisha starts as a teaching assistant at her old school and becomes increasingly interested in her roots, Safa begins working as a marketing assistant at a trendy advertising agency and adapts more and more to her new upper-class colleagues in terms of language, clothing, and behavior. After a terrorist attack, both women suddenly find themselves under suspicion because of their Muslim heritage. The question of assimilating into mainstream society or remaining true to their own roots becomes increasingly pressing – and their friendship is put to a severe test.

Jump

Detmold Theatre

"Is this my home, my land, my place? Am I supposed to fill the void of an emptiness here?" In Dinçer Güçyeter's novel "Our Germany Fairytale," two generations of women—mother and grandmother—constitute the voice of Fatma, who comes to Nettetal in 1965 as the wife of a Turkish guest worker. Through powerful images, poetry, monologues, dialogues, prayers, and dreams, the novel tells of hard work and great strength, of old gender roles and the dawn of a new beginning, of uprooting and longing. It is a homage to women and tells a piece of German history in a new, sensual, and humorous language. Güçyeter's debut novel, published by "mikrotext," was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2023. Director Antigone Akgün, who already thrilled audiences in Aachen with her production of "The Garden of Earthly Delights," is adapting the novel for the Kammer stage.

Antigone Akgün

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Mar 6 - May 31, 2026

Our Germany fairytale · Theater Aachen

Mar 19 - Jun 18, 2026

Jump · Landestheater Detmold

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Mar 19 - Jun 18, 2026

Jump · Landestheater Detmold

Mar 6 - May 31, 2026

Our Germany fairytale · Theater Aachen

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