Akira Schroth (D)
Fly with u
From age 14 | Duration: 15 minutes
CINE TRAKTORI
Saturday March 14, 2026
|
3:30, 4:00, 4:30
p.m.
“I like sunflowers. Sunflowers are my favourite flowers. When I arrived in Germany, I was always tired. Then I got the hot tip that it might be due to a lack of sun and that I should put cut flowers, for example sunflowers, in my room. Because of the psychosomatic effect, you know. You gave me that hot tip, Sunny. The narrative follows the memories of a person who came to the GDR as a guest worker, fell in love with Sunny and stayed in Rostock after reunification.
Lately it’s sometimes really hot, the sun is burning. On days like that I wonder what it would be like to fly to you to the weather station on Sylt. Maybe it’s cooler there, because of the wind.”
Illustrations: Nina Pieper Copyright Photos: Christine Zeides
In 2025, Akira Schroth won the Fritz Wortelmann Award 2025 with “fly with you”.
“The respectful care with which Akira Schroth shares the fictional memories of a Vietnamese contract worker is also reflected in his handling of the objects. His delicate and focused style of performance creates an atmosphere that allows the audience to quickly develop empathy. […]
The rarely told perspective of East German people with a migration background is conveyed without being didactic. The horror of the real riots in Rostock-Lichtenhagen does not compete with the fictional love story and yet is constantly present. The production is not only a theatrical processing of the situation in the 1990s, but also forges a connection to current social events, is strikingly topical and therefore resonates for a long time.”
