2015
1913 the steamship GOETZEN was built in the shipyard of Papenburg (Germany) and send in separate pieces to the East-African Lake Tanganyika. Three shipbuilder from Lower-Saxony and one local worker assemble the ship together in Kigoma (Tanzania). The Theatre play tells about a grotesque construction project between poverty, malaria and superstition. The rehearsals took place in Kigoma, where the today’s LIEMBA still ships across the lake.
Ensemble: Huruma Haule, Angela Kidwanga, Philipo Nandenga, Shaaban Juma Bakari, Hassani Ramadhani, Chiku Buruya und Samweli Mandoo, Petra Straussova, David Johnston
Script and direction: Jens-Erwin Siemssen