what was here

In the organizer's words:

interdisciplinary performance | by leiboldwendler

PREMIERE: May 07, 2026

An apartment from which a life has disappeared. The furniture is still there, photos lie in drawers, clothes hang in the wardrobe. But the person to whom all this belonged is no longer there. Who tells these stories now? And who decides what stays - and what disappears?

what was here embarks on an artistic search for clues. The starting point is conversations with people who are clearing out. They enter apartments after people have moved out, died or disappeared. They encounter things that were once part of a life: Letters, furniture, small everyday objects. What do these legacies tell us about the people who lived here?

Mira Leibold and Moritz Wendler use these real interviews to develop a performance that combines acting, dance and documentary theater. The voices of the interviewees are condensed into new, fictional narratives. Memories are recreated on stage - through bodies, language and objects.

This creates a space in which seemingly ordinary things become carriers of stories. what was here asks: What remains of a life? And what does our treatment of other people's things reveal about ourselves?

Concept & performance: Mira Leibold & Moritz Wendler

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