Wallstrasse 13

Wallstrasse 13 (2007) is a theatre production by Teater Dybbuk - Oslo

Wallstrasse 13 links present reality with a powerful past, as it follows Barbara on a historical journey through the German Jewish community of Breslau in the 1930es and the Polish Jewish community of Wroclaw in 1946-68.

The German and English versions are performed by Bente Kahan as a monodrama.

Information

(Objekt ID 21525)
Object type Production
Premiere October 10, 2007
Produced by Teater Dybbuk - Oslo
Based on Wallstrasse 13 by Bente Kahan
Audience Adults
Language Norwegian, German and English
Keywords Drama, Theatre
Running period October 10, 2007  
Website BENTE KAHAN
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At Teater Dybbuk's homepage the following, among other things, is written about Wallstrasse 13:

"The Polish, Jewish character Barbara (a fictive character), is born in a townhouse in Wroclaw on Wlodkowica Street 13, formerly Wallstrasse 13 in the German city Breslau.

In 1968, 10 years old, she leaves Poland because of an anti-Semitic campaign organised by the communist regime. Her father remained in the country, and first when he dies, Barbara returns to her hometown. She is then a grownup woman, and is suddenly confronted with her and her parents' past through documents and photos found in her father's flat. A photo leads her also to Leontine Dambitsch, the flat's pre-war resident. The audience is witness to Barbara's determination to confront the past and to recreate the dramatic human lives and times that came before her.

We join Barbara on a historical journey through the German Jewish community of Breslau in the 1930es and the Polish Jewish community of Wroclaw in 1946-68.

A wide variety of archival material, as well as photos from private albums, are presented on a multi-media set during the performance.

Repertoire from the Breslau Jewish Culture Guild (1935-41) and the Yiddish Theatre of Lower Silesia (1946-68) including songs in German, Yiddish and Polish, are integral parts of the play."

Supported by: Arts Council Norway, European Association for Jewish Culture.

Sources:

Oslo Nye Teater (Oslo New Theatre)

Teater Dybbuk, bentekahan.eu, 11.10.2012, http://www.bentekahan.eu/p_wallstrasse_13.php

Contributors (13)
Name Role
Bente Kahan – Playwright
Bente Kahan – Direction
Miroslaw Emil Koch – Visual design (Bildeproduksjon)
Helge Hoff Monsen – Stage design
Anna Weber – Stage design
Robert Balinski – Lighting design
Bente Kahan – Actor (Barbara)
Igor Pietraszewski – Actor (Father, Werner, Theatre Director)
Artur Dominik – Musician (Musiker)
Tomasz Kaiukewicz – Musician (Musiker)
Igor Pietraszewski – Musician (Musiker)
Jacek Wegrzynowski – Musician (Musiker)
Dorota Abbe – Singer (Sangerinne, Mother)
Performance dates
April 12, 2008Oslo Nye Centralteatret Show
April 12, 2008Oslo Nye Centralteatret Show
April 11, 2008Oslo Nye Centralteatret National premiere, Norway
October 10, 2007Den Hvite Stork Synagogen Worldwide premiere