Hello Germany (musical)

Hello Germany is a music revue. The "Platzkonzert von Franz Wittenbrink " premiered on March 29, 2008 in the Schauspielhaus Hannover .

content

A new monument in the suburbs, the “Well of Integration”, is inaugurated. A politician expresses her hope for the merging of Christians and Muslims, fortunately a brook dancer booked for the event does not appear. The actual heroes of the play appear later, migrant youth from the lower classes. With one step the monument becomes a mosque-like structure. The story ends in the portrayal of the problems of the Muslim minority in Germany.

Musical style

Musically, the revue - this is new at Wittenbrink - is dominated by rap.

Others

Originally Wittenbrink wanted to write his musical together with Feridun Zaimoglu , but the deadline failed. A monologue for the devil, however, comes from the Kiel writer: “a virtuoso orchestrated speaking piece that gives“ Hallo Deutschland ”a little of the whispering depth that the subject suggests” (Stefan Arndt, Neue Presse).

The premiere was recorded with “Jubelstürmen” (Hamburger Abendblatt).

Reviews

• "Frank Wittenbrink's new" Platzkonzert "at the Schauspiel Hannover" Hallo Deutschland "reminds us that there is also a present in this country" (Neue Presse)
• "Provocation and an all-round attack against everything that looks like ideology" (Hamburger Abendblatt)

Web links

• Hi Germany. In: Official information system of the state capital and the Hanover region. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008 ; accessed on February 21, 2014 . 
• A concert: Wittenbrink's “Hello Germany” . In: Hamburger Morgenpost . March 30, 2008, accessed February 21, 2014.