Wir haben keine andre Zeit als diese

In the organizer's words:

Berlin in the late 1920s - the city has been transformed into a modern metropolis, home to an artistic avant-garde that stands for freedom, diversity and tolerance. At the same time, democracy is at a tipping point: in a society marked by crises and poverty, parts of society are becoming increasingly radicalized and the National Socialists are gaining power.

Against this backdrop, the Jewish poet Mascha Kaléko tries to find her place. With her poems, which capture everyday life and the people of Berlin like photographs, she writes her way from the monotonous office to the heart of Berlin's literary scene, the Romanisches Café. But how does one assert oneself in a society that increasingly opposes one's own convictions and life? Mascha Kalekó, whose life is marked by upheaval, has to make serious decisions about her life and love during these years of unrest and violence.

The production was created as part of the youth club's 2025/26 season and was based on poems, letters and diary entries by Mascha Kaléko. The young players developed all the roles in the play from characters found in the poems and wrote many of the texts and dialogues themselves. The title "Wie haben keine andre Zeit als diese" is based on a poem of the same name by Kaléko.