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4125 Riehen
A theater walk in Riehen to the 500 year old deal
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7000 guilders
A theater walk in Riehen to the 500 year old deal
The new ex/ex production sets out in search of heroines and heroes. Who made Riehen what it is today. What was decisive for whom. And who should remember what. One and a half entertaining hours on a time travel through Riehen.
The story is quickly told. The bishop of Basel needed money and had a village to sell. That was in 1522. The city of Basel bought the five hundred souls village of Riehen, most of the inhabitants were serfs. Five hundred years later, Riehen is celebrating this anniversary with a book, an online encyclopedia, an ideas competition, a folk festival and a theater tour.
In the play, Influencer Alex Steiner is to find out who had the greatest influence on Riehen's history. She is looking for the "Most Important Person (MIP)."
On the road in Riehen
Together with the audience, she sets off in search of the important people and asks the question whether this could really be the one or the one. But she also interviews people she meets by chance. In a pinch, she interviews Spittler's maid, who is not at home at the moment. Or she overhears Theobald Singeisen doctoring Charlotte Godel's foot. People from different times meet each other where they lived. Anna Katharina Heusler, for example, founder of the Hausarbeitsverein Riehen, lived in the old Wettstein house until 60 years ago, as did Johann Rudolf Wettstein, who lived there in the 17th century. Wettstein is supposed to be interviewed, but Katharina Heusler shows up. She has a lot to say about the housework club and about the evil of idleness. Then Mrs. Wettstein joins them, quickly clarifying that her real name is Anna Maria Falkner, she would rather talk about herself than look for her husband, who is never around anyway. So Falkner and Heusler have an animated discussion about politics, public duties as a vocation, and the role of women. And where is Otto Wenk again? In the middle of preparing his ceremonial address for the 400-year celebrations, he too has a brief moment to consider whether he was the most important. After all, he prevented Riehen from being incorporated by Basel in the 1920s.
In the course of the play, however, things get more and more out of hand. The characters develop a life of their own, and Alex, the influencer, is in despair.
In search of heroines and heroes
The audience accompanies Alex Steiner on her journey through Riehen and through time. The play thus deals with the question of why we celebrate such anniversaries at all. Who influences the culture of remembrance today and what is it meant to commemorate? Who can be knocked off the pedestal and who can be placed on it anew? And who can decide about it? Sasha Mazzotti (director) and Barbara Rettenmund (dramaturge) explore these questions and resurrect the historical figures, showing how modern the old times can be if you ask the right questions.
The municipality of Riehen has commissioned ex/ex theater to realize this theater walk as part of the anniversary activities "500 JOOR ZÄMME - Riehen and Basel".
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
A theater walk in Riehen to the 500 year old deal
The new ex/ex production sets out in search of heroines and heroes. Who made Riehen what it is today. What was decisive for whom. And who should remember what. One and a half entertaining hours on a time travel through Riehen.
The story is quickly told. The bishop of Basel needed money and had a village to sell. That was in 1522. The city of Basel bought the five hundred souls village of Riehen, most of the inhabitants were serfs. Five hundred years later, Riehen is celebrating this anniversary with a book, an online encyclopedia, an ideas competition, a folk festival and a theater tour.
In the play, Influencer Alex Steiner is to find out who had the greatest influence on Riehen's history. She is looking for the "Most Important Person (MIP)."
On the road in Riehen
Together with the audience, she sets off in search of the important people and asks the question whether this could really be the one or the one. But she also interviews people she meets by chance. In a pinch, she interviews Spittler's maid, who is not at home at the moment. Or she overhears Theobald Singeisen doctoring Charlotte Godel's foot. People from different times meet each other where they lived. Anna Katharina Heusler, for example, founder of the Hausarbeitsverein Riehen, lived in the old Wettstein house until 60 years ago, as did Johann Rudolf Wettstein, who lived there in the 17th century. Wettstein is supposed to be interviewed, but Katharina Heusler shows up. She has a lot to say about the housework club and about the evil of idleness. Then Mrs. Wettstein joins them, quickly clarifying that her real name is Anna Maria Falkner, she would rather talk about herself than look for her husband, who is never around anyway. So Falkner and Heusler have an animated discussion about politics, public duties as a vocation, and the role of women. And where is Otto Wenk again? In the middle of preparing his ceremonial address for the 400-year celebrations, he too has a brief moment to consider whether he was the most important. After all, he prevented Riehen from being incorporated by Basel in the 1920s.
In the course of the play, however, things get more and more out of hand. The characters develop a life of their own, and Alex, the influencer, is in despair.
In search of heroines and heroes
The audience accompanies Alex Steiner on her journey through Riehen and through time. The play thus deals with the question of why we celebrate such anniversaries at all. Who influences the culture of remembrance today and what is it meant to commemorate? Who can be knocked off the pedestal and who can be placed on it anew? And who can decide about it? Sasha Mazzotti (director) and Barbara Rettenmund (dramaturge) explore these questions and resurrect the historical figures, showing how modern the old times can be if you ask the right questions.
The municipality of Riehen has commissioned ex/ex theater to realize this theater walk as part of the anniversary activities "500 JOOR ZÄMME - Riehen and Basel".
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
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