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Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I return as undead, washed-up drag queens when a powerful force opens the gates to the present. Together with Penthesilea and Valkyrie, they have lived in limbo for centuries, ruling over various sub- and parallel worlds. As they grapple with their shared history and enduring patriarchal power structures, the idea of a joint rule emerges. Moving between opera, drag and drama, Anne Welenc directorial debut QUEENS plays with historical and pop cultural legacies in a bold and provocative exploration of gender, power and identity. For “fans of dramatic queens, drag and absurd-comic musical theatre.”
Anne Welenc celebrates her debut as a writer and director with "QUEENS". Previously, she was involved as an actress in transdisciplinary performance projects such as "All in" and "Traumgirl". Now she continues this practice, expanding classical theater material with impulses from related performing arts. "QUEENS" moves between opera, drag and drama and is based on critical feminist research into the queens Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I and their portrayal in German drama. It plays with their literary, historical and pop cultural heritage to allow new readings on the relationship between gender and power.
QUEENS
year of production: 2022/23
directed by: Anne Welenc
Length: 65 minutes Original, 60 minutes Showcase
Topic: Musical Theatre, Drag, Opera, Weimar Classicism, Performance
Dear Human Animals
year of production: 2021
Collaboration: Daniel Hellmann
final direction by: Anne Welenc
Length: 100 minutes Original, 60 minutes Showcase
Topic: Musical Theatre, Drag, Activism, Veganism
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year of production: 2024
directed by: Anne Welenc
Length: 60 minutes
Topic: Dance Theatre, Architecture, Gargoyles, Feminism, Bad Girls
Queere Tiere (AT)
year of production: 2024
Collaboration: Daniel Hellmann
final direction by: Anne Welenc
Length: 60 minutes
Topic: Musical theatre, opera, drag, activism, queerness, veganism
Tom Oliver Jacobson (Producer)
tomoliver(at)dust.institute
Anne Welenc (Director)
anne.welenc(at)gmail.com
QUEENS in collaboration with Ballhaus Ost
Supported by:
Fonds Darstellende Künste mit Mitteln des Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR
Bezirksamt Pankow von Berlin Amt für Weiterbildung und Kultur Fachbereich Kunst und Kultur
DIS-TANZEN (Dachverbandes Tanz Deutschland) im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR
Dear Human Animals, a prodiction by 3Art3 in co-production with Gessnerallee Zürich and Schlachthaus Theater Bern
Supported by:
Stadt Zürich Kultur
Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich
Pro Helvetia
Fondation Nestlé pour l'Art
Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung
Burgergemeinde Bern