Actor

“In the beginning there was shame.”
There are many reasons to be ashamed: underarm sweat, being different, being touched or being touched, unemployment and poverty, depression and loneliness, defamation, exhaustion, family, loss of face, skin rashes, Heidi Klum, the so-called subtle differences and the climate catastrophe, the intimate area, dirty fantasies, illness, K-pop, stereotyping, shitstorms, bowel movements, insecurity, Twenty4Tim...
Shame is a feeling that almost everyone knows. It has many faces and is present everywhere and at all times. But why is it so difficult for us to talk about it? It's like the elephant in the room. And that elephant is also on the stage at Ballhof Zwei, which the four performers share with the audience. Making elephants speak requires courage and sensitivity, but it is nowhere near as exhausting as constantly repressing elephants and not talking about the sore spot - shame.

The sore point

Ballhof Two

“We don’t hate you for wanting us gone.”
What does it actually feel like to grow up in one of the largest contiguous concrete foundations in Europe – the Ihme-Zentrum in Hanover? "Concrete Block 2000" tells the stories of young people for whom this building, once conceived as a utopian urban concept, represents social inequality and reality. Between poverty and gentrification, the search for opportunities and the flight forward (wherever that may be), the young people look at the block and see: parents who are trying. Friendships. A crumbling foundation. But above all: a home.

Concrete Block 2000

“It was the first time since Expo 2000 that things happening in Hanover interested the rest of the country.”
Crime scene: Hanover. A young man is found dead on the banks of the Ihme River, his inline skates still on. A murder case with all the trappings: an investigative team groping in the dark, autopsy reports, interrogations, suspense—and an attentive journalist who seems to know more about the case than Inspector Rita Aitzinger herself. Together with her colleague Ilia Schuster, she faces many mysteries: Why did the young man have to die so young? What is behind this murder? And what role does the pop song he'd been listening to on repeat play? The investigation navigates the team through Hanover—from Ihmepark to the burger bars of Linden to the State Opera—and into the depths of dating apps.
What begins as a classic crime story increasingly unfolds as an exploration of human emotions and the depths of the abyss. With a keen sense of sensitivity, Jakob Nolte tells the story of lonely boys, of longing, and the search for happiness.

Actor

Alrun Hofert

Events

Past events

Oct 28 - Nov 17, 2025

The sore point · Staatstheater Hannover

Oct 16 - Nov 20, 2025

Concrete Block 2000 · Staatstheater Hannover

Future and recently performed repertoire

Actor in The woman with four arms by Eisenach

Staatstheater Hannover

Actor in The sore point by Woernle

Staatstheater Hannover

Actor in Concrete Block 2000 by Zimmer

Staatstheater Hannover

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