An evening about images and counter-images of male sexuality.

Between rituals of masculinity and doubts, pressure of potency and loss of control, assaults and tenderness, being a man in the twilight of patriarchy is anything but a clear-cut matter. What images of masculinity and sex shape us - from childhood to old age?

Along Katja Lewina's conversations with a variety of men, the evening meanders through the potential questions of an entire man's life - and beyond! - and brings up the often hidden issues: Where does sexuality begin? How much hair is too much and where is too little? Doesn't it depend on the size? How does the body armor get its final shape? Is it okay to be afraid of sex and is sex a natural desire? Are we too old for sex and love at some point? How can we meet each other? And how do we touch?

In miniatures, fragments, thoughts, conversations, longings and confessions, a polyphony of images of men and bodies emerges that gives us time to laugh, think, doubt and hope together. And, of course, there's also time for a Wegbier - for the journey into the twilight. Or simply to the Baltic Sea.

With quotations from Judd Apatow & Steve Carell, Tobias Ginsburg, bell hooks, Liv Strömquist, Mitchell Tapper and excerpts from texts by Paul B. Preciado (‘Corps en mouvement’) and Thomas Köck (‘histoires de viande/ histoires du monde’).

Glossy Pain is a multilingual theatre collective from Berlin that works with international artists on feminist, anti-capitalist and anti-racist themes.

On Sun, 25.08. and Sun, 08.09. following the performances, we cordially invite you to a follow-up discussion with sex therapists Stefanie Bohle and Carsten Müller from the Praxis für Sexualität in Duisburg, on Thu, 12.09. with Christine Gathmann and Andreas Müller from ProFamilia Oberhausen. After the performances on 01 & 05 September, we offer the opportunity to talk to the "Bock" team. read less