In TEMPTATION, ten performers aged 55 and over move between lust and loss, flirtation and shame, pleasure and pain, using biographical excerpts and physical snapshots to make a statement about sexuality in old age. TEMPTATION embarks on a sensual journey to stimulating, bygone and obscure places and is dedicated to the visibility of individual desire in old age.

TEMPTATION is a production by Kompanie Silke Z. and was created in 2024 in cooperation with Schauspiel Köln. The performers are from the OLDSCHOOL theatre ensemble at Schauspiel Köln under the artistic direction of David Vogel and from the Kompanie Silke Z.

Performance: Friedhelm Friebe, Uta Gärtel, Anne Kaute, Felicitas Martin, Hartmut Misgeld, Bettina Muckenhaupt, Guido Preuss, Mina Rahimzacleh, Gabriele Seiler-Seidler, Majid Taatizadeh, Joalia Ellwanger

Artistic direction: David Vogel, Silke Z. Director: David Vogel Choreography: Silke Z. Costumes: Julia Misiorny, Anette Köhler Set design: Anna Lachnit Lighting design: Garlef Kessler Sound design: Liam Giles Production management & assistance: Hanna Held, Matthis Volkmar Assistant & Intern: Joalia Ellwanger

Tickets: 0208 - 43 96 29 11 / karten@volxbuehne.de / 15,- / 10,- EUR

The guest performance is supported by the Landesbüro Tanz NRW and the Ministry of Science and Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia. read less