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Speak with Your Deceased

Name: Speak with Your Deceased
Start: 2026-10-17T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-17T23:59:00+02:00
Location: Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 3, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Heidelberg, Germany
Sat, October 17, 2026 (8:00 pm - 11:59 pm)

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Description

THEATRE DAYS - COMPETITION "A journey into the innermost, a chronicle of the heart: A dance between shadow and light, where crime, fantasy, and documentary theatre merge into a mirror." Who are we when we leave behind our language, our homeland, and our ancestors in the suitcases of the nineties? Speak with Your Deceased is a radically personal confrontation with the history of the Russia Germans. Based on true events, the production explores painful questions of lost identity: Why do we fight to be "more German than the Germans"? Why is our own accent often a wound? The ensemble Integral does not seek simple answers but embarks on a search between worlds – against forgetting and for understanding our own roots. Cast: Paula Donner, Jan-Arwed Maul, Irina Miller, Pia Stutzenstein Costumes: Beatriz Obert Dramaturgy: Hubert Kusterer Assistant Director: Lya Ayelen Obert Diversity Guide: Maximilian Bilov Lighting: Chiara Tess Krogull Director: Irina Miller Production: Ensemble Integral in cooperation with Bürgerhaus Kalk The production is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of NRW, NRW State Office for Free Performing Arts. The HEIDELBERG THEATRE DAYS 2026 are organized by the Free Theatre Association Heidelberg e. V. in cooperation with Karlstorbahnhof e. V., the festival is funded by the City of Heidelberg through the Cultural Office and by the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg through the State Association of Amateur Theatre Baden-Württemberg e. V.

Highlights

Radical personal confrontation with the history of the Russia Germans
Theatre by Paula Donner, Jan-Arwed Maul, and others
Funded by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne

General Information

The event "Speak with Your Deceased" is part of the Heidelberg Theatre Days 2026 and addresses the identity of the Russia Germans. The ensemble Integral presents a production based on true events and deals with questions of lost identity.