KASSANDRA – THE WORLD PREMIERE AT THE MAXIM GORKI THEATER BERLIN 18 APRIL 2026

Today the voices of entire social groups are faded out by ignorance, while at the same time, a proliferation of self-proclaimed Cassandras wields power over nations and people with apocalyptic forecasts. Polish theater director and author Marta Górnicka is not looking for prophecies of doom; instead, she sets out to find actual Cassandras of our time. Unheard voices. Voices under attack. Voices without a lobby.

Górnicka brings together a group of people spanning different generations, languages, abilities, and lived experiences – among them the youngest and the oldest female rappers of Berlin, children, teens, and many, many more. Forming a chorus of 21 Cassandras these contemporary voices write a revisited, multi-voiced story of Cassandra. Together they examine what we, as a society, tend to remove from our field of vision, what lies ahead of us and before our very eyes, what remains unheard inside of us, what separates us from each other, and what we have in common. And they sing a powerful song.

With 21 Cassandras: Aziza A., Debbie Arega, Gabriela Beltramino, Robin Francis Denner, Sofia Gubar, Abib Kilian Hempe, Helena Kauschke, Viktoriia Kosorukova, Flavia Lefèvre, Jay Mayhew, Karolina Nägele, Joanna Niemirska, Cintia Sofia De Pina Pires, Mathis Reinhardt, Marcela Römhild, Iga Rudnicka, Fifi Rutkowski, Sophia Slamani, Veza van der Sman, Maimouna Sow, Sonnhild Trujillo, Karyna Yağiz