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Herbert

Mark Christoph Klee is exploring the the queer biography of his great-granduncle who was imprisoned under paragraph 175 during the Nazi dictatorship 
 

2025

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In "Herbert", Mark Christoph Klee examines the biography of his gay great-grand-uncle (1924 - 2012), who was imprisoned under Paragraph 175 during the Nazi dictatorship. Using historical facts about Germany's homophobic history, queer music from the 50s and 60s and archive material from his family, Klee draws parallels between his life as a homosexual man today and that of Herbert back then. The intimate scenes of text and movement speak of experiences of discrimination, allowing space for anger, sadness but also for queer joy. "Herbert" makes it emotionally tangible what democracy and diversity mean, how young and fragile rights are for queer people and how right-wing extremism today and then are similar.

2026

Aug.        Kraków Dance Festival (PL)

 

2025

15.05.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

16.05.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

17.05.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

22.05.     Binär + X Festival / Theater im Werftpark Kiel

23.05.     Binär + X Festival / Theater im Werftpark Kiel

24.05.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

25.05.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

26.09.     SE KulturTage Bad Segeberg

29.10.     Theaterlabor Bielefeld

20.11.     Theater Itzehoe

 

2024

04.04.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

05.04.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

06.04.     Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg

01.11.     Lichthof Theater Hamburg

02.11.     Lichthof Theater Hamburg

 

2022

06.08.     IMPULSTANZ Festival Vienna

10.09.     Regionale 6 Festival Lübeck

Performance

Mark Christoph Klee

Dramaturgy

Angelique Willkie & Guy Cools

 

Artistic Collaboration

Coralie Merle & Jasiek Mischke

Thank you

Regine Schmidt, Harald Haaker, family Klee and family Horn.

"Herbert" was co-produced by Theaterschule Flensburg and Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel Flensburg. The research was made possible by the IMPULSTANZ Festival Vienna and the Schleswig-Holstein Cultural Foundation. The project was funded by the Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the State Democracy Centre at the State Prevention Council of Schleswig-Holstein as well as the Ministry of General and Vocational Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein. Performances outside of Schleswig-Holstein are made possible by the Revival and Guest Performance Funding of the Dachverband freie darstellende Künste Hamburg, supported by funds from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of Culture and Media.

 

This publication does not represent an opinion of the Ministry of the Interior, Municipal Affairs, Housing and Sport of the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the State Democracy Centre at the State Prevention Council of Schleswig-Holstein. The author is responsible for the content of the statements made.

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