And Then We Took Berlin

This is a suspenseful ensemble drama with comedic undertones exploring the possibility of trust in a world where the only way to survive is to lie. Inspired by my father’s experience as a cover musician in East Berlin, the show creates a gripping, tightrope act, where moral integrity is always on the line, and nothing is as it seems. And Then We Took Berlin focuses on the battle between two rival bands. The Romanians see themselves as “freedom bandits” fighting for a new life in a more permissive country than their own, as outsiders. The East Germans fight to get rid of the outsiders who have conquered the scene and made every single musician a target for the Stasi. Authorities try to stop and de-structure both these groups. Bandits and heroes, excellent musicians and flawed humans, we can understand and root for their clashing positions, as both bands strive to keep their humanity intact and the night alive. Trust is the key ingredient to the bands’ survival and its absence their greatest vulnerability.