Mission (im)possible - in the end lies the beginning

Theatertreffen der Jugend 2026

Mission (im)possible – in the end lies the beginning, DS-Kurs 12. Jahrgang, Carl-Friedrich-von-Siemens-GymnasiumBerlin – Auf dem Bühnenfoto sind sieben Jugendliche abgebildet. Sechs von ihnen stehen vor einer Bühnenartigen erhöhung und eine Person steht drauf. Fünf von ihne halten Schilder auf denen steht: "I married my husband because he looks like you", "I love you", "I would sell my family for you" und "fuck me". Die person auf der Bühne trägt ein Hut und macht einen Michael Jackson ähnlichen Tanz Move. Der Hintergrund ist blau beleuchtet.

“One shit follows another – and we’re still doing alright!” Crises are no longer an exception for many young people, but a constant state. How do we deal with that? Who takes responsibility? In their performative experimental set-up, the performers critically examine concepts of heroism. They reveal their weaknesses, their everyday struggles, their contradictions – and that, above all, they need one thing: each other.

The advanced drama course has been collaboratively developing this piece for over a year, taking as its starting point a visit to the exhibition Prinzip Held* by Rimini Protokoll. The process began with a close examination of well-known, traditional heroic narratives. Very quickly, questions arose: who is actually recognised as a hero? Why do we automatically associate heroism with masculinity, combat and strength? And what about the many struggles people face that remain unseen?

It was precisely these biographical stories that sparked the students’ interest. They created a space in which they could share and stage their personal battles, vulnerabilities and uncertainties. They wrote their own texts, produced stop-motion films, crafted props from pizza boxes and composed music tracks.

In addition, each of the eleven performers developed their own individual hero scenes – because everyone wanted, at some point, to take centre stage, to shine and to be seen. The result is a collage of biography and pop culture, a rapid interplay between personal stories and individual moments of heroism.

The desire for heroes who can fix everything that is going wrong is strong – especially in a time when crisis has become the norm. Mission (im)possible poses the question of how we ourselves can take action if we stop waiting for supposed heroes.

 

With

Abdullah Ayash, Mahdi Brahmi, Ilayda Tuana Burghardt, Basel El Ammar, Anıl Karaalp, Aleksander Kolodziejczyk, Zeinab Noureddine, Milo Ost, Lisa Sophie Reddig, Iman Shafique, Maria Trotimov

Merle Müller – Course leader

Thorsten Spiller – Head of the Technology Club

Larissa Kleeb – End credits video design

Elective course Culture garde 8, Jörg Landgraf – Stop-motion films

Next date:

• Date Monday, 01/June/2026 20:00
• Venue Haus der Berliner Festspiele - Seitenbühne
• Address Schaperstraße 24, 10719 Berlin-Wilmersdorf