OUR HOUSE
A co-production of Ishyo Arts Centre and Helios Theatre
For everyone aged 10 years +, Length: 1hour
‘I was born
I was born in
I was born in a room
I was born in a room in a house
I was born in a room in a house in a neighborhood
I was born in a room in a house in a neighborhood in a city
I was born in a room in a house in a neighborhood in a city in a country
I was born in a room in a house in a neighborhood in a city in a country in the world’
(Excerpt of Our House)
Our house is a theatre play exploring the questions of home and house in a time where people are sometimes forced to leave theirs, building new lives and new relationships in different countries, with different cultures
The play is a sharing of memories between the comedians and the audience. Memories of houses morph into thoughts of home, of home country, identity and community. Our house is also the stories about houses, where people lived, that were abandoned and lost.
The play is performed by two Rwandans and three Germans. The play is in mainly in English (80%), with some texts in German, Russian, French and Kinyarwanda. Our house premiered in Germany on 17th September.
The Rwandan premiere is to take place from the 3rd to the 06th November and will tour in:
Kigali , on the 3rd November at 2pm and 3pm ,at SOS Technical School in Kagugu (Free Entrance) and on the 6th November at Kigali Public Library from 6pm (Entrance fee 3000rwf for children under 18 years and 5000rwf for adults)
Butare on the 4th November in the University of Rwanda/ Campus of Butare (Free Entrance)
Artistic team
Directed by Carole Karemera and Barbara Kölling
Music composition: Roman Metzner and Hervé Twahirwa
Actors: Hervé Kimenyi, Helena Kühn, Michael Lurse, Eliane Umuhire, Marko Werner
Assistance lines: Steffen Moor
Ishyo Team