KULA Compagnie: Dibbuk – between (two) worlds
In its fourth appearance at the Akademie the trans-national KULA Compagnie presents her version of Der Dibbuk, setting the 1920 Yiddish classic into a contemporary, interreligious context.
The production unites artists from Afghanistan, Algeria, Germany, France, Israel, Italy, Russia in a play that combines faith and mysticism, constriction and vitality of a bygone world. But the desperate appearance of the demons is also a metaphor for the horror and grief of what is tearing the world apart today.
Despite the war’s breaking out during rehearsals, the mutual goal remained: to continue talking and performing with one another, to seek bringing about communication. In a daring yet playful shift of perspectives and time periods, KULA’s rewriting unfolds two narratives about love, freedom and the endurance of differences. In 2024, KULA was awarded the International Theatre Institute’s (ITI) prize for its theatre work.