"Angst / Fressen / Männerherzen"

"Angst / Fres­sen / Män­ner­her­zen" is the fol­low-up pro­duc­tion to Men­an­cho­lia by Ama­ru Al­ban­can­do, Nora Friz­zi Au­er­bach, Ja­kob Boy­ny and Gil Hoz-Klem­me (pre­mie­re 2023 at Frank­furt LAB). Tog­e­ther with the choir of me­lan­cho­lic men, they ex­plo­red the cul­tu­ral histo­ry of me­lan­cho­ly, the ina­bi­li­ty to talk about fee­lings and tested new ways of re­la­ting. Ba­sed on re­se­arch into ge­nera­tio­nal con­flic­ts with fa­ther and son, Vin­cent Eis­sing-Boy­ny and Ja­kob Boy­ny, the de­ve­lop­ment of the play po­ses the very big ques­ti­ons of clo­seness, re­spon­si­bi­li­ty and so­li­da­ri­ty.

Now the choir of me­lan­cho­lic men is back on sta­ge - but with a dif­fe­rent cast. Men bet­ween the age of 24 and 70 pon­der their usel­ess­ness in the face of po­li­ti­cal and per­so­nal cri­ses: nur­sing cri­sis, lo­ne­li­ness, mi­li­ta­ry ser­vice, fear of the fu­ture, wars, po­la­ri­za­ti­on, cli­ma­te ca­ta­stro­phe, fear of de­cli­ne. They sha­re a fee­ling of power­less­ness and the de­si­re to make a dif­fe­rence. They do what they do best: mu­sic, dan­cing, tel­ling an­ec­do­tes, tal­king to and about each other. The choir of me­lan­cho­lic men ask them­sel­ves: What can we con­tri­bu­te and learn from each other in times of cri­sis? And will it re­al­ly be en­ough?

With: Max Bött­cher, Ja­kob Boy­ny, Vin­cent Eis­sing-Boy­ny, Juan Be­ni­to Cor­res, Isaak Ku­da­schov, Mar­tin Nach­bar, n.n.
Ar­tis­tic di­rec­tion: Nora Friz­zi Au­er­bach and Gil Hoz-Klem­me
Sta­ge: Lina Je­bram
Cos­tu­me: Mer­ve Kö­nig
Sound de­sign: Han­na Lau­ni­ko­vich
Out­si­de Eye: Iva­na Mitrić
As­si­stant di­rec­tor: Au­ré­lie Feucht
Ligh­t­ing, tech­ni­cal di­rec­tion: Phil­ip De­blitz
Men­tor­ship: Aza­deh Gan­jeh, Mo­ni­ka Gy­sel