War meets art in this intimate parable. A painter immerses herself in the creation of a real experience with the perfect image. But in K., a Middle Eastern city, the real images outshine and overshadow everything. She is shaken by the experiences of the effects of war, violence and poverty, impossible to depict. Now, forced to confront her lifelong beliefs in the value of art, she also questions how to deal with her position in the world today.

Written with an astonishing sense of immediacy and the dry wit of someone being thrown into an unknown world, this is a powerful piece of poetic realism from one of Europe’s most original, prolific and challenging voices.

Nominated for Best Solo Performance at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, translated by David Tushingham. Design: Claire Schirck, Sound Design: Owen Lasch
Source: ETB

The Director, Lydia Ziemke, is one of the international participants in our Cultural Leaders International project. Lydia has a Diploma in theatre Directing and has worked with her own company for a number of years. She has previously worked as assistant director at the Royal Court theatre in London where she also helped to run a small West End theatre.

At present she is part of the team preparing a Festival celebrating the Fall of the Berlin Wall in London.

Date: 24 - 28 November, 8pm

Venue: English Theatre Berlin, Fidicinstrasse 40
10965 Berlin