“Marta Górnicka’s miracle weapon against the war in the Berlin Maxim Gorki Theatre”. Marta Górnicka brings a chorus of refugee women to the stage with MOTHERS; human greatness against the brutality of war. This evening is a choral tale from the strength of the individual, which tells of dark violence and ends in bright humanity.« Doris […]

“The hour is an eternity and overwhelming dread. You have seen and experienced things for which there are no words. About which they speak and sing here, together, in a clear and strict form. With an attitude that moves and shocks.” Rudiger Schaper, TAGESSPIEGEL, 04.11.2023″ School of empathy”  

A performance of 21 Ukrainian, Polish, Belarusian mothers and their children. The wartime rituals of violence against women are unchanging. War asks Europe the ultimate questions: about responsibility in the face of danger, and about our defense mechanisms. Out of the testimonies of mothers and children—Ukrainians, Belarusians and Poles: those who have fled war; those […]

“Our performance is about women and war. About defense mechanisms and responsibility.About our reaction to a war in Europe. About the rituals of wartime violence against women and civilians which are unchanging.”

The war rituals of violence against women never change. War raises questions for Europe: about accountability in the face of a threat and the mechanisms of its defence. Out of the testimonies of Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Polish mothers and children, those who have fled war, those who have fled persecution, and those who welcomed them in Warsaw, Marta […]