„Ich kann gerade nichts ausblenden, das macht mich so verrückt!“

Angst / Fressen / Männerherzen is the follow-up production to Menancholia by Amaru Albancando, Nora Frizzi Auerbach, Jakob Boyny, and Gil Hoz-Klemme (premiere in 2023 at Frankfurt LAB). Together with the choir of melancholic men, they explored the cultural history of melancholy, the inability to talk about feelings, and tried out new ways of relating. Based on research into generational conflicts with father and son, Vincent Eissing-Boyny and Jakob Boyny, the play development asks the big questions about closeness, responsibility, and solidarity.

Now the choir of melancholic men is back on stage – but with a different cast. Men aged 24 to 70 ponder their uselessness in the face of political and personal crises: the nursing crisis, loneliness, military service, fear of the future, wars, polarization, climate catastrophe, fear of decline. They share a feeling of powerlessness and the desire to make a difference. They do what they do best: make music, dance, tell anecdotes, talk to and about each other. The choir of melancholic men asks itself: What can we contribute in times of crisis and learn from each other? And will it actually be enough?

With: Max Böttcher, Jakob Boyny, Vincent Eissing-Boyny, Juan Benito Corres, Isaak Kudaschov, Alexander Moog, Martin Nachbar, n.n.
Artistic direction: Nora Frizzi Auerbach and Gil Hoz-Klemme
Stage design: Lina Jebram
Costumes: Merve König
Sound design: Hanna Launikovich
Outside eye: Ivana Mitrić
Assistant director: Aurelie Feucht
Mentorship: Azadeh Ganjeh, Monika Gysel

Sponsors: Hessische Theaterakademie, Kulturförderung der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Freunde der HfG e.V., Projektförderung der HfG Bereich Bühne/Szenischer Raum

Image: Nora Frizzi Auerbach, Haben Hebregziabher