Mitternacht. Transmission from the Restricted Zone

Mihal Andrysiak

A pirate radio broadcast in the restricted zone of the GDR transmits Sinti voices at night. Inside the station, a clandestine transmission develops over the years. Conversations, songs, and fragmented memories layer over one another. While outside the restricted area and the death strip shape the landscape along the inner-German border, a radio transmission emerges that never became part of the official archives.

»Mitternacht. Transmission from the Restricted Zone« is a lyrical drama about Sinti life realities in East Germany during the Cold War. The production is based on interviews, archival material, and family memories, from which documentary as well as poetically fictional scenes are developed. Out of voices, sound, and archives emerges a theatrical evening about resistance, community, and remembrance.

CAT Jugravu and the Rom*nja Theatre Collective / Kelipen e.V. create theatre at the intersection of performance, archival work and memory culture. Their work centers Sinti and Romani perspectives through documentary and performative forms, spoken and sung predominantly in Romanes.

With Sade Onutor Awosusi, Tayo Onutor Awosusi, David Rose, Joschla Weiss, Laura Nattermann Text CAT Jugravu & Joschla Weiss Direction CAT Jugravu Director's assistant Sofie Roehrig Dramaturgy collaboration Joschla Weiss Scientific project support Prof. Dr. Jane Weiß Text contributions by Henry W., Simone W., Paula W., Bambino W., Marga W., Matthias W. Choreography Andriana Seecker Stage, Costumes Michal Andrysziak Costume assistant Alex Jansson Sound design Andrei Raicu Public relations Umtata Tybora Production assistant Alëna T

 

A production by CAT Jugravu & the Rom*nja Theatre Collective / Kelipen e.V., in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost, funded by the Fonds Soziokultur.

Next date: Mitternacht. Sendung aus dem Sperrgebiet

• Date Friday, 01/May/2026 20:00 (2 more dates)
• Venue Ballhaus Ost
• Address Pappelallee 15 A, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
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