The German State Theatre Timisoara is pleased to invite the public to a staged reading - Free for Peace - which will take place on Friday, 31 March 2023, starting at 7.30 pm. The event will take place in the Studio Hall of the Hungarian State Theatre "Csiky Gergely" Timișoara, exclusively in German, courtesy of S. Fischer Verlage.

The organisation of the meeting and the concept of the event belong to the Karlsruhe Women Artists Forum (GEDOK), in partnership with the Literary Circle "Stafette" Timișoara and the German State Theatre Timișoara.

In view of the tragedy of war, which affects the whole of Europe with its infernal machine of annihilation of people and humanity, the participating artists want to offer a moment of solidarity with the victims through their joint project, addressing through their texts and performances the complexity of the themes of war, expulsion and annihilation.

At the same time, at the heart of the project is the search for the imprints the artists experience in their fields of life and work. The realities of the artists' lives in the twin cities of Karlsruhe and Timișoara meet in the stage reading, creating something new. Part of the creative process is to investigate cultural mechanisms that, under certain circumstances, might condense into toxic narratives, one of which is nationalism.

Karin Bruder, with an extract from her new novel "Weiße Jahre", Ondine Dietz, who will read from her novel "Si tacuissez, Scheherezade", and Lorette Cherascu and Henrike Bradiceanu Persem, members of the German-language literary circle "Stafette" in Timișoara, will each read from their lyrical work. Actress Ida Jarcsek-Gaza will read excerpts from "Ungehaltene Reden ungehaltener Frauen" by Christine Brückner.
Musical interludes performed by pianist Roxana Ardeleanu: "Moon Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven (part one), "Nocturne in C-sharp minor" by Fredéric Chopin and "Ständchen" (Serenade) by Franz Schubert.
With the participation of: Ida Jarcsek-Gaza, Ondine Dietz, Karin Bruder, Henrike Bradiceanu-Persem, Lorette Cherascu

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