"Vati und Mutti - Eine Familiengeschichte" von Marie-Elisabeth Lüdde (UA)

A free theater project by the nomad theater ensemble / world premiere of the documentary-literary story "Vati und Mutti - Eine Familiengeschichte" by Marie-Elisabeth Lüdde

With: Stefanie Friedrich | Gundi-Anna Schick | Klaus Gramüller | Jonathan Peller
Director: Daniel Klumpp
Set design: Katharina Müller | Lighting design: Alexander Joseph

Dad and mom beat their children. "Mom hits with the wooden spoon. Dad hits with the carpet beater." Dad and mom rely on "The German mother and her first child". This guide by Nazi parenting icon Johanna Haarer, first published in 1934, fatally remained a bestseller until the 1980s and shaped the childhood of millions of German children.
Marie-Elisabeth Lüdde explains how this played out in practice. She draws on two parenting diaries that she found in her parents' estate. Dad and mom documented their spanking orgies in writing. In numerous quotations, the author incorporates these scandalous diaries into her own narrative. In order to trace the roots of the violence, she also outlines her parents' previous history. A panorama of Germany in the 20th century unfolds. A haunting voice of the culture of remembrance.

Project supported by: Landesverband Freie Tanz- und Theaterschaffende Baden-Württemberg with funds from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts | Kulturamt der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart | Berthold Leibinger Stiftung | Stiftung der Landesbank Baden-Württemberg | Dr. Sieglinde Göhring-Machleidt | Martin und Mechthild Klumpp || Performance funding by: Freie Tanz- und Theaterszene Stuttgart gUG with funds from the state capital Stuttgart || Research funding by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR || In cooperation with: Vereinigung freier darstellender Künstlerinnen und Künstler für Stuttgart und die Region e.V.