Paradise shows how fast a person can be exploited through false promises. It tells the story of a teenager today - dangerous and harmless, awfully funny and dead serious, naive and thoughtful.
Paradise (Paradies) by the Youth Theatre Düsseldorf / D’haus (Junges Schauspielhaus / D'haus) premiered in Germany in 2017 and now comes to Bangalore. The performance will be followed by an on-stage interaction with the audience.
Paradise is the outcome of an exciting project: Crossroads - The Authors Project that was initiated five years ago by theatre makers from Pune's Maharashtra Cultural Centre (MCC) along with German dramatist Lutz Hübner and Stefan Fischer-Fels, current Head of the Youth Theatre Düsseldorf / D’haus. The topic ‘radicalisation of youth’ inspired two theatrical productions - Y (by MCC, Pune) and Paradise (by D’haus, Germany).
Lutz Hübner, who is the most performed German playwright, wrote Paradise along with Sarah Nemitz and the performance by Youth Theatre Düsseldorf / D’haus is directed by Mina Salehpour.
Synopsis:
Nearly one hour early. Half an hour would have been more than enough. Don’t fall asleep now. Impossible to fall asleep before something like that! Why do you think ‘that’? You will kill an enemy. – Hamid is 19 years old and he has a duty. In this hour before midnight he is entirely alone. - Are you going to look at your mobile every minute? No, Mekka App. Why do I keep hearing that shit Popsong in my head, I don’t even like it. – But now, all the songs come to his mind and bring memories. He remembers his girlfriend Sonja. The beautiful holidays with his family and cherry compote. The good times in the youth club, until the head threatened them to stay away from the club… But his ‘new brothers’ imaginative look over his shoulders. The conflict in his head and heart make Hamid almost burst – and then waiting hour is over…
Director: Mina Salehpour
tage and Costume: Maria Anderski
usic: Sandro Tajouri
Dramaturgy: Kirstin Hess
Theatre Pedagogue: Matin Soofipour
Performers: Selin Dörtkardeş, Denis Geyersbach, Paul Jumin Hoffmann, Marie Jensen, Eduard Lind, Bernhard Schmidt-Hackenberg
Mina Salehpour, the director of Paradise, is the youngest Awardee of the German Theatre Prize 'DER FAUST'. She directs at state theatres in Düsseldorf, Munich, Hanover, Berlin and Dresden. Paradise was chosen Play of the Year of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and has been performed in Sao Paulo/Brazil, in Berlin/ Germany and now in India.
