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Tage aus Glas
Theaterkollektiv Pièrre.Vers
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6.00 pm
from 5.30 pm
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In 1901, the furnaces at the world’s largest glassworks in Gerresheim were on the verge of being shut down: the workers were on strike for better pay and dignity, whilst others profited from their ownership of the factory. At the heart of *Tage aus Glas* are Bille, the daughter of a glassworker, and Leonie, the daughter of the factory doctor. Their different worlds reflect the class divisions of the time. The new production by the theatre collective Pièrre.Vers, led by director Christof Seeger-Zurmühlen, links the history of the Gerresheim strike with contemporary issues of social participation, ownership structures and class struggles, as seen through the eyes of the two women. The play takes the audience on a journey through time around the site of the former glassworks, an industrial wasteland caught between the past and the future. Amidst listed brick buildings, open spaces and new construction projects, the stories of Bille, Leonie and the glassworks – which still shapes Gerresheim – intertwine. In an age of economic growth pressures, digitalisation and technological transformation, how has the relationship changed between those who live from wage labour and those who profit from wealth? The literary basis for the theatre tour ‘Tage aus Glas’ is the eponymous debut novel by Dorothee Krings, published in 2025 by HarperCollins.
The Pièrre.Vers theatre collective from Düsseldorf is one of the most renowned independent theatre groups in the country and is known beyond the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia for its documentary theatre. The group develops immersive projects in public spaces or at historically significant locations, where issues relevant to global society are explored using the city as a microcosm.
In her debut novel *Tage aus Glas*, Dorothee Krings (born in Mönchengladbach in 1973) combines historical research with a multi-layered narrative exploring class, background and self-determination.
A production by the Theatre Collective Pièrre. A co-production with the asphalt Festival and the DüsseldorfFestival, supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, the City of Düsseldorf, the Art and Culture Foundation of Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, the Düsseldorf Community Foundation, the Sparkassenstiftung Rheinland and the van Meeteren Foundation, with the kind permission of HarperCollins Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg
With Blanka Winkler, Anna Tabea Stockbrügger, Justus Rosenkranz, Julia Dillmann and Alexander Steindorf
Direction and concept: Christof Seeger-Zurmühlen
Set and costume design: Susanne Hoffmann
Dramaturgy, adaptation: Leonie Ute Maria Adam
Composition and sound design: Bojan Vuletić
Sound: Sandra Zawada, Benjamín Herrera
Assistant director: Mika Ludwig
Technical support: Halgir Abdulkareem
Production manager: Melissa Müller
Expert tip
From the play:
“Work will consume you. It’s already gnawing away at you and wearing your body down. But you don’t realise it. You don’t want to see it. And you know what? That’s exactly what those fine gentlemen at the factory are counting on – the ones who fob you off with pittance wages and try to convince the world that this is just the way it has to be. That this is the eternal order of things.”
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kultur.west on the novel on which the play is based
