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The West Ain't What It Used To Be

  • © English Theatre Berlin

  • © Stefania Migliorati

Thanksgiving with country music, Jell-O salad and Dolly Parton

A lot of folks are worried about the state of democracy in the United States. Is it teetering on the brink? Is a civil war looming? Are the tech billionaires supporting its downfall?

Thanksgiving in Berlin. Fred and his US-American wife Rhonda have invited guests from her motherland over for a turkey dinner. Inevitably, the conversation drifts from the American Dream – via Karl May and Western movies – to the topic of all topics: What is going on in the US? Strangely enough, Dolly Parton seems to be in the room, too. And a country & western band magically appears. The evening escalates …

 

In “The West Ain´t What It Used To Be”, The Waltraud Experience tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: The right and the left stand in completely irreconcilable opposition; a stalemate has been reached – Where are the United States headed?

 

Country music icon Dolly Parton – who sadly passed away on August 25th – was often looked to as a unifying figure; someone both the right and the left can agree on. Yet, a closer look reveals that Dolly prefered to stay out of it … she sang, she cracked jokes, and she championed “positive thinking”… but politics? No thanks.

Artists/Collaborators: Klaus Altenmüller (Sounddesign), Holly Barnard (Video), Priscilla Bergey (Konzept & Regie), Robin Gooch (Schauspiel), Günther Grosser (Konzept & Regie), Bailey Hubbs (Schauspiel), Katri Katri Kuusimäki (Lichtdesign), Angharad Matthews (Kostüme), Stefania Migliorati (Fotografie), Ioni Music (Live Musik), Ben Osborn (Live Musik & Musikalisches Arragangement), Kellie O‘Neill (Live Musik), Izzy Rousmaniere (Bühnen Management & Regie Assistenz), Felix Theissen (Schauspiel), Carina Zox (Schauspiel)

Supported by Hauptstadtkulturfonds

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