APOLLON –
Stop Tryna Be God
Ausgewählt für das Theatertreffen der Jugend 2026
Dates:
06.03.2026 FFT Düsseldorf (Premiere)
08.03.2026 FFT Düsseldorf
09.03.2026 FFT Düsseldorf
14.03.2026 Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster
”Zeus never asked me if this is what I wanted. Do you think you can just sit there with him, drink a Coke, and talk about your feelings? Ask him questions like that?“
At first glance, the Greek god Apollo embodies the image of perfect masculinity. Supernaturally beautiful, strong, and powerful, he embodies the image of the assertive, potent man as an infallible archer and guardian of the Oracle of Delphi. At the same time, his mythological biography tells of failure, betrayal, and deceit, revealing unexpected fissures. APOLLON – STOP TRYNA BE GOD explores masculinity as a cultural legacy that is passed down, reenacted, and reproduced. Together with musician and rapper Uğur Kepenek, aka Busy Beast, an ensemble of eleven young men aged 15 to 20, each with different cultural perspectives, develops a performance that bridges myth and the present. Today’s Apollos fall in love with Daphne all over again, settle the score with Zeus, defeat the Python, descend from Olympus, dismantle male role models, and reassemble them. Which narratives still hold weight today? Which ones are crumbling? Where are the sons of the future heading, and what questions accompany them?
Crew
ON STAGE: Gustav Becker, Bowen Gao, Nuragha Gasimov, Tasos Geraidis, Amin Hubricht, Simon Karol Gabriel Ilga, Uğur Kepenek, Anton Schebesta, Andreas Spektorov, Zhengli Wang, Timo Walek, Fabio Wilson, Juri Win Wintersig
LIVE MUSIC: Nuragha Gasimov, Andreas Spektorov, Zhengli Wang, Juri Win Wintersig
CONCEPT AND ARTISTIC DIRECTION: waltraud900
DIRECTOR: Bianca Künzel
CHOREOGRAPHY: Phaedra Pisimisi
SET DESIGN: Ria Papadopoulou
TEXT: Dorle Trachternach und Bianca Künzel
DRAMATURGY: Dorle Trachternach
MUSIC AND MUSICAL DIRECTION: Linda Bockholt
LYRICS / RAP: Uğur Kepenek aka Busy Beast
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT: Theo Gatzka
CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSISTANT: Mohammed Marouf Alhassan
LIGHTING: Julius Kindermann und Eckehard Merholz
SOUND: Thorsten Runge
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Katrin Wiesemann
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More InformationKOPRODUKTIONSPARTNER: FFT Düsseldorf, Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster
Gefördert vom Kulturamt der Stadt Düsseldorf, dem Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW (Diversitätsfonds) und vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
Fotos: Christian Knieps