Die Deutsche Ayse

The German Ayşe
from Tuğsal Moğul

"Mom, open the fridge door and now the freezer door, take out all the meat and ice cream and stick your head in there and stay in this position for a minute: Germany is this cold. No sun, lots of rain and everyone's at work."

Three Turkish women from the first generation of immigrants. They arrive in a foreign country that is so different from what they imagined. They don't want to stay for long, and yet they face the challenge of making friends with their new home. How difficult is it to integrate into another country? And what is this country doing about it? "Die deutsche Ayşe" is a scenic contribution to the recurring debate about the success of integration. In his play, author Tuğsal Moğul portrays three strong women whose life stories speak for themselves on stage.

Tuğsal Moğul was born in Neubeckum in 1969. In his play, which premiered at Theater Münster and was invited to the intercultural festival "Made in Germany" in Stuttgart in 2013, he combines his own memories and interviews he conducted with immigrants to create a lively revue about the beginnings of migration in Germany.

"A timelessly topical, sensitive piece that you won't soon forget." - WDR

"What makes the play so enjoyable is that it depicts reality, far removed from ideological, cultural or religious discussions. It simply tells the story of three people who left good and bad behind to experience bad and good elsewhere." - Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung

The actors are: Larissa Ivleva, Anne Osterloh, Katja Schmidt-Oehm and Yavuz Köroglu