Quick Info
The cameroonian director Édith Nana and the german performer Kerstin Pohle embody powerful, historical queens - one African, the other Western. In the search for cultural role models, the hidden rules of the system are also put to the test: patriarchal structures, capitalist concepts and questions about socially prescribed role allocations and cultural appropriation.
Thrown into a game situation, two performers compete against each other in an unusual duel: the cameroonian director Édith Nana and the german performer Kerstin Pohle embody powerful, historical queens - one African, the other Western.
But the ‘Meeting of the Queens’ turns out to be much more than a simple game of trumps. With each round, it becomes clear that this is not just about the search for cultural role models, but that the hidden rules of the system are also put to the test: patriarchal structures, capitalist concepts and questions about socially prescribed role allocations and cultural appropriation.
With a mixture of theatre, game, music and video art, we encounter courageous and inspiring female figures on stage and in the story, which the two artists bring to life. But the play becomes increasingly entangled in its own set of rules.
Which role models shape our identity? Whose stories are being told? Who writes the rules? And whose game is it really?
After ‘The Last Queen’ and ‘The Last Queen 2’, the play is the third and final part of Nana's Queen trilogy. Accompanied by cameroonian mvet player François ALIMA and german video artist Nils Voges (sputnic), we embark on a multimedia and philosophical journey that questions traditions, role models and concepts of identity.
Remarks
Premiere on 21 February 2025 at the Ringlokschuppen Ruhr.
Second performance on 22 February 2025 at Ringlokschuppen Ruhr.
Further performances at Theater im Depot, Dortmund.
Credits
A project by Édith Voges Nana Tchuinang in co-production with Ringlokschuppen Ruhr and Theater im Depot.
Funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia.
