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.
Follow-up discussion with Tuncay Acar and Sophie Haydee Colindres Zühlke following the performance on 14 October.
INFORMATION
Tickets
Venue
Dome tent
Frei-Otto-Straße
80797 München
Language
- EN English
- FR French
- DE German
Accessibility
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Early Boarding
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Highly auditory event
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Open Captioning / Surtitles
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Wheelchair Access
All Dates
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.
Accessibility
Audience setup
The audience is seated on two opposite sides of the stage, in blocks of ascending rows of seats. The scenes take place on the stage between the two audience sections. There is also a large screen on stage onto which images and text are projected. All texts can be read from both sides in German, English and French.
Surtitles
The piece contains a lot of spoken and sung text in German, French and English. Surtitles are provided, showing the two respective translations: when French is spoken, German and English surtitles are projected; when English is spoken, the projections are in German and French; and when German is spoken, the surtitles are in French and English.
Sensory stimuli
The performance includes some loud drumming. Earplugs are available at the entrance.
Early boarding is available approximately 15 minutes before the performance begins. Please contact the front-of-house staff if needed.
Assistance dogs are welcome. Please note: the performance includes loud drums.
Wheelchair spaces and alternative seating in the form of seating balls are available. Please reserve these by contacting ticket@rodeofestival.de or purchase a wheelchair ticket through our ticket provider rausgegangen.de.
Earplugs are available at the entrance.