Jury statement

“Heimathafen Neukölln, which is run by a four–woman team of dedicated theater professionals, creates popular theater for the neighborhood and prefers to draw its material from the immediate surroundings, stages texts by Neukölln authors and repeatedly develops research projects around site-specific stories. With its colorful mix of theater, concerts, poetry slams, cabaret and readings, in which stories of migration, asylum and flight have long played a central role, it attracts a broad audience and seeks continuity in its repertoire despite its free structures. In the process, small gems of empathetic, role-changing drama succeed time and again with minimal scenic means, as exemplified by the works of director Nicole Oder, who has also been highly acclaimed beyond the region and who developed the play “Ultima Ratio” about a Neukölln church asylum case in 2014/15.” – Jury statement