“Puberty is a passing mental illness.”
The 16 year old Benjamin doesn’t want to go to the swimming class anymore. Asked by his mother, he finally admits that his reasons are of religious nature. Following this first rebellion, he reveals himself as being a Christian fanatic. Benjamin reinforces this image of himself trough angry Bible speeches and provocative actions. His biology teacher, Mrs. Roth, thinks that this is a young person crying for help. Her good intentioned attempts to approach Benjamin, are being rigorously broken down by him, and not long time after, Mrs. Roth finds herself within gunshot, all the more so, principle Batzler and the religion teacher greet Benjamins fundamentalist way of thinking with indulgence.
Evolution, emancipation, contraception, homosexuality, Jewry; all of these are seen by Benjamin as uncleanly, devilish, sinful. The young prophet finds in the socially isolated gimp, Georg, his first apprentice, whilst Mrs. Roth confronts him more and more determined.
Mayenburgs fine-edged, dialogue-based play is not just a blunt critique to the islamophobia of the west, but also shows the fundamentalist depths of the western world.
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Actor and director Florin Piersic Jr. is the guest of Constantin Chiriac, General Manager of TNRS and President of FITS, at the October FITS/TNRS special conference. The event is scheduled for Friday, 11 October 2019, at 6.30 p.m., at Habitus; the th..
In 7-10 October 2019, as part of the BRD micro season, the “Radu Stanca” National Theatre in Sibiu and BRD - Groupe Société Générale present four of the most recent shows in the repertory of the National Theatr..
Theatre and film actor and cultural leader, Constantin Chiriac has performed in over 40 shows, collaborating with renowned directors, such as Iulian Vișa, Andriy Zholdak, Mihai Măniuțiu, Silviu Purcărete, and Kushida Kazuyoshi, and has held one-man s..
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