Nkoli: A Fierce & Fabulous Life - THEATER DER WELT

Location

entrance 22-49 Euro

Duration: 2 h 20 min
Information: In English, Zulu and Sotho with German and English surtitles.

The composition combines opera singing with protest songs and club sounds with ballroom culture. Images, bodies, music and archive material stand side by side on an equal footing. The stage is full and loud, everything is in constant motion. Voguing, rap, lip-sync and orchestral elements overlap in constant agitation. The story unfolds fragmentarily, not chronologically. The ballroom, as a political space, is the projection surface for questions of belonging, visibility and resistance. Entertainment and seriousness are not opposites here, but inextricably linked.

From 18 June to 5 July 2026, Chemnitz will be in the international spotlight: Germany's largest international theatre festival "Theatre of the World" is coming to Chemnitz - directly following the Capital of Culture year 2025. For three weeks, Chemnitz will be a meeting place for artists, audiences and theatre enthusiasts from all over the world. A lively celebration of the performing arts will take place on stages, in urban spaces and in unusual locations, overcoming borders and bringing together stories from all parts of the world.

Nine international curators from Australia, Canada, Colombia, Argentina, South Africa, Greece, Jordan, India, Senegal and China are responsible for the festival programme. They will meet in Chemnitz in November to select around 40 outstanding productions - works that they have previously viewed in their regions. The result is an inspiring panorama of current theatre forms, languages and perspectives.