Kerem Hillel | Yoram Kaniuk KUKURÍKU

“Kukuríku” tells the story of Holocaust survivor Kurt’s return to a farm in southern Germany, where he was once hidden but then handed over after being forced by the farmer to impregnate his wife Lili. Thirty years later, he returns to find his son. The play grows out of the burning question of the German-Israeli relationship – in the face of new times, new generations and established mechanisms. How does one live with the past?

With mask theatre, music and recordings from the 1930s, we try to use a leap in history to draw attention to how we might move forward.

German with English subtitles

Additional information : Fr. 12th december 6.30pm Panel “Memory Revisited – Yoram Kaniuk and the Dimensions of German-Israeli Cultural Exchange” directly before the performance. With Prof. Adia Mendelson-Maoz, Dr Tom Kellner (mod.), Dr Sebastian Schirrmeister, Dr Alexandra Nocke and Prof. Joachim Schlör – in English. Free admission, please book in advance

Director Kerem Hillel
Author Yoram Kanium
Composition Meittam Govreen
Make-up Lili Laube
Set design Sarah Wolters
Costume design Samira Schenk
Light Trung Tran 
Assistant Paul Paatz
Mask play Enikő | Mária Szász | Lilith Maxion | Carlo Duer
Sponsors Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin | Szloma-Albam Stiftung | Kulturabteilung der israelischen Botschaft