A black artist realises that he has become a soldier. He enters the stage as a cultural worker. But in the fight for representation and resources, he is given a weapon and learns that the arts are no exception: the liberation of the occupied is also the occupiers’ terror. But is cultural warfare really war? In his solo performance, Julian Warner turns to the psychiatrist, Marxist, and anti-colonial thinker Frantz Fanon (1925–1961), whose analyses of violence and dehumanization remain fiercely debated to this day. The Soldier connects Fanon’s ideas with the world of theater: through language, accordion sounds, and driven by the drum rhythms of Markus Acher, Warner dissects the racism of the present — a haunting and urgently timely evening about violence and resistance.
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- EN English
- FR French
- DE German
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credits
Concept, Performance, Music: Julian Warner
Music and Live Drums: Markus Acher
Voice: Veronica Burnuthian
Dramaturgy: Veronika Maurer
Lighting, Technical Support: Dennis Dita Kopp
Artistic Production Manager: Sabine Klötzer
Translations: Veronica Burnuthian, Anna McCarthy
Production: Studio Julian Warner
production
A co-production by Belluard Bollwerk, Kaserne Basel, Donaufestival Krems, Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature, Theater Rampe, Münchner Kammerspiele, and studiobühneköln. Made possible by a cultural grant from the Canton of Fribourg.
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biographies
Julian Warner is a German-British artist and curator. Among other roles, he served as artistic director of the Brecht Festival Augsburg from 2023 to 2025 and was responsible for the Festival der KulturRegion Stuttgart in 2022. Since 2025, he has held the professorship for transdisciplinary artistic practice at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts (HMDK).
Markus Acher is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music curator. He performs in various ensembles, including the internationally renowned indie band The Notwist, and successfully produces music for film and theater.
Der Soldat was invited to Impulse, Germany’s most important festival for independent theater, in 2026.
Content-Notes
The performance addresses experiences of racism. Racist remarks are also reproduced.
The piece features some loud drumming.
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