AMORE

The queer-feminist neo-pop band AMORE have taken on quite a task: they want nothing less than to liberate love from the social-political wreck of the patriarchy. Not leave marriage to the tax advisor. Find out precisely what love feels like in the body and in the mind. Consciously change one’s own desires, collectively unlearn old patterns. Love. Be loved. To find out: love is suffering. Freedom. Intoxication. Work. Biology. Beyond the binary.

With AMORE, long-term member of the Gorki ensemble Aram Tafreshian is presenting his directorial work for the first time at the Gorki Studio. Together with the team & ensemble, he dedicates himself to, as given away by the title of the play and the name of the band in it, the grand theme of love. The ensemble is composed of six students at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts: Jasha Eliah Deppe, Eman Dwagy, Marie Nadja Haller, Via Jikeli, Tim Lanzinger, Jakob Emma Zeisberger.
Before the actual rehearsal period began, all participants read academic and literary texts together, watch films and share their most embarrassing and beautiful favorite love songs with each other.

They develop initial dramatic situations and characters as well as song sketches and finally the play. The set and costumes by Mara Pieler both shape the work and take their inspiration from the initial conversations.

World Premiere on 28/January 2023

Note: The production uses stroboscopic lighting effects, which may have negative effects on light-sensitive viewers.

In cooperation with the acting programme at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts.
 

Photo: Esra Rotthoff

Stage photos: Ute Langkafel