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Director's cut by Aniol Kirberg, "The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum" (2025) © Aimilia Theofilopoulos

Aileen

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Directed by Lori Brückner
Saturday, 06/14/2025 21:00 Deutsches Schauspielhaus - Malersaal
n the 1990s, Aileen Wuornos shot seven men in their cars in Florida. After her arrest, Aileen was often staged and instrumentalized by the media. As a murdering sex worker, as a man-hating lesbian, as a monster. But who was Aileen behind these external attributions? The production addresses this question in the form of on-stage research. The research is based on various documents from Aileen's twelve years in prison. In prison, Aileen looks back on her life, which was marked by violence, which she experienced as a perpetrator and as a victim. Due to the isolation of solitary confinement, Aileen's memories and statements became increasingly contradictory. What happens to the principle of believing survivors when survivors stop believing themselves? With: Yve Achttausend, Anfisa Lazebna, Anna Menzel, Leander Ries Direction and music: Lori Brückner Version and texts: Lori Brückner, Leena Schnack Stage: Ana Okshina, Henriette Weber Costumes: Janina Turek Dramaturgy: Lena Plumpe Assistance: Leni von der Waydbrink

Eintritt: 18,00 EUR
Ermäßigt: 9,00 EUR

Tickets are available on the website of the German Theatre

2025 - Theaterakademie Hamburg, Directing Drama & Dramaturgy course
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In their final projects, directing graduates Lori Brückner and Aniol Kirberg address the question of the conditions under which women resort to violence - women who are both perpetrators and victims. Their productions approach two figures who defy simple moral categorization and whose actions have a long-lasting effect.

With thanks to the lecturers Evi Bauer, Daniela Löffner, Sybille Meier, Dorothea Ratzel, Cora Sachs, Finnja Denkewitz.

Bachelor's degree 2025 Directing Acting and Master's degree Dramaturgy of the Theaterakademie Hamburg, Hochschule für Music and Drama, in cooperation with the stage design class of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg (HfBK), the Department of Costume Design of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW) and the Schauspielhaus Hamburg