Ave Maria

der grosse tyrann (the great tyrant) is a feminist performance collective made up of Liliane Koch and Maude Hélène Vuilleumier that deals with feminine self-staging and self-presentation in a humorous way. In AVE MARIA, der grosse tyrann goes out in search for the most holy of feminine idols, the most portrayed woman in the world: Maria. They begin to investigate their own behavioural patterns. 

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed are you among women. You are written into me, a Western-Christian influenced woman. You are the idol that I never wanted, the mother, that I never asked for. You gave me my endless empathy, my acquiescence and the beguiling smile with my head tilted at an angle. But have you ever laughed properly? And what will we find, when we look under your royal blue skirt? Holy Mary, pray for us sinners who love to sin. Now and in the hour of our death. Amen.

Performance
by der grosse tyrann

Künstlerische Leitung: Liliane Koch und Maude Hélène Vuilleumier
Von und mit: Katja Brunner, Marlena Kellogg, Liliane Koch, Sophia Scherer, Maude Hélène Vuilleumier
Musik/Komposition: Bruno Tambascio Waine
Konzept und Song: Magda Drozd
Entwicklung: Timo Krstin
Outside Eye: Benedikt Grubel, Timo Krstin
Licht, Ton: Frithjof Gawenda
Lichtkonzept: Robert Zeigerman
Gefördert von: Hessische Theaterakademie, Gerda Weiler Stiftung, Kulturamt Gießen, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Institut für Angewandte Theaterwissenschaft, Waggonhalle Marburg

Past Performances

• 2019-06-16, final project , F°LAB Festival, Frankfurt LAB