"I feel like I only have to look at my father once, speak to him briefly, and my whole life will change." Francis's path seems preordained. After his stepfather and half-brother left the family, he lives with his mentally ill mother in a trailer park near Claymont. Financial problems and his mother's hospital stays dominate his life, and he's in danger of finally falling behind in school. Francis is convinced he's going to lead the life of a loser, until one day he learns the truth about his father. His mother was artificially inseminated with the help of a gifted sperm bank, making Francis the son of a brilliant Harvard scientist.

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Almost brilliant

Staatstheater Mainz

The family epic "The Eighth Life (For Brilka)" tells the story of six generations of women in the Yashi family in Georgia throughout the 20th century—beginning in 1900, from the Tsarist era to Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the civil war in Georgia. While the novel chronicles the rise and fall of communism, it remains closely connected to the stories of its protagonists.

The Eighth Life (For Brilka)

With In the Poppy Field, Paloma Muñoz invites the audience on an intense, sensual journey in which the bodies on stage exist beyond function and efficiency. Together with ten dancers, Muñoz explores liminal spaces—between past and future, animal and human, violence and tenderness—creating a world in which conventions dissolve and new forms of connection become possible. The group reveals itself in its raw, resistant presence—unbounded, norm-free, and vibrant. Disorganized and pulsating, the dancers become a community inhabited by animals, molecules, and desires.

Fernanda Jardí

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 28, 2026

The Eighth Life (For Brilka) · Staatstheater Mainz

Apr 18, 2026

In the Poppy Field (UA) · Staatstheater Mainz

Past events

Oct 29 - Nov 29, 2025

Almost brilliant · Staatstheater Mainz

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