„Maybe being queer is the natural, wild state of being. Maybe queering your thinking simply means approaching yourself and everyone else with curiosity and compassion instead of judgement”.

In this world of meticulously constructed gender norms, do people even have a chance to be themselves? Is everything that has been instilled in us since childhood as “natural behavior” not only oppression for those who deviate from cultural norms, but also a prison for us all? Can we dream of a world without shame and stigma? With a love of freedom for all, instead of power for the select few?

These are the questions explored in the German-Polish performance project “an imperfect utopia”, directed by Noémi Ola Berkowitz. Together with Berkowitz and Martyna Wawrzyniak (co-author of “The Heart”, directed by Wiktor Bagiński), the ensemble – two actors from the Munich Kammerspiele, two actors from TR Warszawa, and one live musician – jointly researched various strategies to shake off histories of oppression and problematic mechanisms. 

“an imperfect utopia” is an immersive theater evening in which performers and spectators draw close to one another. An exploration of a queer utopia beyond the here and now: “an imperfect utopia” is a hybrid of liberation and camp, of intimate confessions, queer theory and private enlightenment, of lies and truths, of various languages and their moments of failure – an evening in which impossible dreams emerge in all their extravagant glory!

This production marks the first joint production created in the artistic partnership between TR Warszawa and the Munich Kammerspiele. Both theaters are committed to experimental exploration of new forms as well as contemporary material. “Die Wirklichkeit nicht in Ruhe lassen” – „do not leave reality alone“ – is the motto with which the Kammerspiele’s new artistic directing team began their work in 2020. “an imperfect utopia” is also a part of TR Warszawa’s season called “turn on the full spectrum” programmed as well along queer culture topics.