Verrücktes Blut [Mad Blood]

Bitterly cruel theatre about good people, if there can be such a thing: a German teacher gets carried away on the spur of the moment and brings a load of Turkish kids who don’t want to integrate closer to Schiller by holding a gun to their heads. The perfect answer to the youth court judge Kirsten Heisig with Uma Thurman, who does not disagree with Sarrazin yet manages to make him look like what he is – the chief accountant of hysteria about foreigners. The plot always has a new surprise up its sleeve with which to undermine the clichés which have just blossomed into full authenticity. The collaboration of Jens Hillje and his experience with well-made-plays ever since ‘Baracke’ times is clearly evident. And the acting company at the Ballhaus Naunynstraße are amazing: precise performances with a rich knowledge of the milieu, above all from Sesede Terziyan as the teacher drunk on absolute power, shooting her learning objectives from the hip. Terroristic educational theatre that’s not afraid of contradiction and therefore doesn’t lie to anyone.

Franz Wille