Hamburg is both the city and the federal state with the highest number of millionaires — and even some billionaires — in Germany, while also facing a very high poverty risk of 19.5%. This coexistence, as a reflection of a global trend, is the starting point for ARME ARME REICHE REICHE.

Two authors have conducted in-depth research on poverty and wealth in Hamburg and Germany, each creating a distinct piece. For REICHE REICHE, Dagrun Hitze carried out numerous interviews with people affected by wealth to explore the potential links between happiness, fortune, justice, and society. Sean Keller’s ARME ARME, on the other hand, is about everyone: long, small, tall, skinny, old arms. Working poor, homeless poor, invisible poor. And when things start getting too sentimental or dangerously close to social romanticism, the invisible hand of the market delivers a proper slap.

In the first part of the evening, three performers investigate the theme of “wealth” through movement patterns inspired by social dances of the past and present. The second part dives into the lives of people experiencing poverty, using ever-changing artistic approaches and contrasting theatrical means. It highlights how poverty is systemically rooted—and persists.

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𝙱𝚈 & 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷: 𝚅𝚊𝚜𝚗𝚊 𝙰𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 & 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚒 𝙷𝚞̈𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 [𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 & 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐]; 𝙳𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚞𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚣𝚎 (𝚁𝙴𝙸𝙲𝙷𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝙸𝙲𝙷𝙴), 𝚂𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 (𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙴 𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙴) [𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝]; 𝙻𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎 [𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚢]; 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚊 𝙼𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚒𝚔𝚘𝚏𝚏 [𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 & 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗]; 𝙵𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚛-𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚝 & 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚆𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎 [𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]; 𝚁𝚊𝚑𝚊 𝙴𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚒 𝙺𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚛𝚒, 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚠, 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚘 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊, 𝙼𝚘𝚗é 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒 (𝚅𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘) [𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 & 𝚌𝚘-𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗]; 𝙼𝚘𝚔𝚑𝚝𝚊𝚛 𝙽𝚊𝚖𝚍𝚊𝚛 [𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘]; 𝚂ö𝚗𝚔𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖 [𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗]; 𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚗 𝚅𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 [𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝]; 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚞𝚣𝚒ć, 𝙺𝚒𝚖 𝙻𝚎𝚊 𝙺𝚊𝚞𝚏𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗 [𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 & 𝚌𝚘-𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗].

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