Le Marchand. Der Kaufmann. Lêêbda.

In a collaborative process a trilingual play will be developed and performed with 5 actors and a chorus of 10 semi-professionals at the respective location. The project highlights the figure of the merchant, who circulates through all times and spaces and connects people and territories, as well as being a key figure for historical and modern slavery. Central working questions are: Which concrete challenges, narratives, traumas and memories are identified in the different cultural contexts of the participating artists? Which overlaps of territories do emerge? Which collective imaginaries and actions can be derived, articulated and addressed aesthetically and artistically to produce new, de-colonial formations? The process aims to create multidirectional narratives and ideally initiate material and immaterial changes in our societies.

Acting and object animation (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): Abou Kabre | Acting (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso): Alida Nikiema, Halimata Nikiema | Acting (Berlin, Germany): Laura Sophia Becker | Acting and object animation (Stuttgart, Germany): Jule Lotte Bröcker | Artistic direction (conception, authorship, direction): Thierry Oueda (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Adelheid Schulz (Stuttgart, Germany) | Scenography and costumes: Mona Mahall & Asli Serbest (Berlin, Germany) | Production management: Carole Ouedraogo (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Lisa Sperling Dossa (Stuttgart, Germany)

Cooperation Partners

• Assitej Burkina (Ougadougou, Burkina Faso)
• COSDI; collier des scènes de Diffusion; (Ougadougou, Burkina Faso)
• Church St. Maria ( Germany)
• Linden-Museum Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)