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The performance in brief
In a world full of conflict, two young people choose love. Romeo and Juliet as a story of today.
Love as resistance
Romeo and Juliet grow up on opposite sides of a cultural and religious fault line. Their families have been at odds for generations. Yet they choose each other. In a world where borders close and oppositions harden, their love takes on a different connotation. Not a matter of course, but a conscious choice. Vulnerable, dangerous and necessary.
A classic that chafes
Char Li Chung shows that this classic is more topical than ever. The adaptation stays close to Shakespeare's language and places the famous story in the middle of the present. A story that does not reassure, but wrings and chafes. About love, conflict and the question of which role to choose.
Trigger warning: The front…
The performance in brief
In a world full of conflict, two young people choose love. Romeo and Juliet as a story of today.
Love as resistance
Romeo and Juliet grow up on opposite sides of a cultural and religious fault line. Their families have been at odds for generations. Yet they choose each other. In a world where borders close and oppositions harden, their love takes on a different connotation. Not a matter of course, but a conscious choice. Vulnerable, dangerous and necessary.
A classic that chafes
Char Li Chung shows that this classic is more topical than ever. The adaptation stays close to Shakespeare's language and places the famous story in the middle of the present. A story that does not reassure, but wrings and chafes. About love, conflict and the question of which role to choose.
Trigger warning: The performance contains strobe effects and a gunshot. This performance contains violent, hateful, and discriminatory imagery and language, as well as explicit scenes involving murder and suicide.
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When
- Saturday, November 28, 2026 8:15 - 11:15 p.m. order tickets