© Sinje Hasheider

Der Katze ist es ganz egal

Theater Münster
#Children's Theatre
When: Fri 09.05. 14:00 | ATZE Musiktheater - with follow-up workshop and "arrival" from 1.30 pm
Sat 10.05. 10:30
Sun 11.05. 11:30
Where: ATZE Musiktheater
Recommended for ages: 9+
Duration: 50 minutes, no intermission

About

Her name is Jennifer now. Only the adults don't understand that, because they don't realise that she's just not a boy. Jennifer is certain that she has discovered the biggest mix-up of her life. So she tells her family, her friends, her grandparents and her teacher. The cat doesn't care at all, but the adults are angry, perplexed and worried.

But Jennifer's friends realise that not everyone with a penis has to be a boy, because: ‘It's the soul that counts!’ A touching story about friendship and the art of becoming aware of oneself in a world that divides people into women and men.

Follow-up conversations

Follow-up workshop after the performance on 9 May at 2 pm, plus ‘arrival’ from 1:30 pm

Credits

With: Soraya Abtahi & Amelie Barth

Direction & text: Carina Sophie Eberle

Stage & costumes: Karen Simon

Lighting & technology: Robert Figgen, Martin Hankmann

Dramaturgy: Angela Merl

Theatre pedagogy and head of the team of experts: Anne Abrahams

Experts: Jasper B., Katharina L., Silas L., Ben S.

 

Vote

Der Katze ist es ganz egal tells the story of Jennifer. One day she realises that she is actually a ‘she’ and is called Jennifer, and that all the people around her simply use the wrong name and also have a lot of expectations that don't fit Jennifer at all. As soon as she has the new name, she starts to inform those around her about her existence. The fact that she doesn't have a beard and would like to wear skirts is not so understandable for her parents at first. The fact that she is not actually a boy is also exciting news at school. The teacher, Jennifer's friends, her grandparents, even her parents, everyone who talks to her about it is concerned and seems worried, angry or curious. But the cat doesn't care.

In this production, two actresses play all the characters that appear in the story with quick and precise turns, discussing and commenting on the conversations with energetic, musical stretches, never missing an opportunity that could serve Jennifer and her journey, and making the audience cheer along. They are very focussed and very free at the same time. A story about identity and one's own voice is given a large space and celebrated with the magic of theatre.

Ebru Tartici Borchers 

Content Note

Content warnings: Attributions of gender identities and clichéd role models are thematised. A character who is a trans person is misgendered in the play and trans-hostile language is reproduced at certain points.

Sensory stimuli: It gets very loud in some places.