Haydi! Heimat!
A young woman and a young man are sitting back to back. They look happy. In the background a skyline of high rise buildings.
© Manuel Wagner

Haydi! Heimat!

A play about what home is by von Katja Hensel

Kemal's teacher said to bring an object to school, that represents what 'Heimat' is. The football jersey, says his father. Heidi, her favourite children's book from Turkey, says his grandmother. Kemal has no idea what to bring. Then Ella enters his room, the new girls from the 10th floor. She doesn't know what home is, either. She and her mother are continuously on the move.

Ella and Kemal decide to invent their own definition of what home is. They climb the stairs all the up in the high-rise, as summiteers with grandma's children's book, which they playfully interprete in all sorts of new ways.

An imaginative story about green alpine pastures and grey stairways begins. Until Ella's mother announces that they will move out soon. Kemal is furious and rips apart Heidi in his anger.

Inspired by the Johanna Spyri classic, Katja Hensel humoroulsy explores different interpretations of 'Heimat'. Because Ella and Kemal are creating their own in imaginative play and wholehearted togetherness. 'Haydi! – Let's go!'

 

Memleket nedir? Kemal'in ödevi, memleketine ait bir şeyi okula getirmektir. "Futbol forması," der babası. Büyükanne ise Türkiye'den en sevdiği çocuk kitabı olan Heidi'yi önerir. Ancak Kemal'in aklına hiçbir şey gelmez. Odasında Ella var, 10. kattaki yeni kız. "Memleket" kavramı ona da yabancıdır; sürekli annesiyle taşınıp durmaktadır. Ama Ella ve Kemal birlikte kendi "Memleket" duygularını yaratırlar. Heidi'nin yemyeşil çayırları, kasvetli beton blokların arasında canlanır.


Duration
1 Stunden 15 Minuten

keine Pause

Age recommendation
ab 8 Jahren


Für diese Produktion gibt es Vorstellungen speziell für Schulen (siehe Termine).

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Türkischen Elternverein Bruchsal e. V.

Nachgespräch im Anschluss
Video

Haydi! Heimat! in simple language

Kemal lives in a high rise building. His parents come from Turkey. The teacher said: Kemal, bring something to school that means "home" to you. Kemal thinks: What is "home"? Then Ella appears.

Home means: a place where you grew up, the place where you live, or a place where you feel safe. Kemal does not know, where or what his "home" is. Is it Germany, or Turkey?

Then Ella and her mother move into the building. Ella also doesn't know, where her "home" is: She always has to move away with her mother, again and again.

Kemal and Ella realise: As small children, we have read the same book! The book is called Heidi. It is a very famous book in Turkey, as well.

In this play, Kemal and Ella are building their own "home".

Fri, 27/02/2026
10.00 am
Friedrichshafen
Kiesel im K42
10.00 am | Kiesel im K42
Fri, 27/02/2026
05.00 pm
Friedrichshafen
Kiesel im K42
05.00 pm | Kiesel im K42
Fri, 27/03/2026
10.00 am
Wiesloch
Palatin, Minnesängersaal
10.00 am | Palatin, Minnesängersaal
School performance
Fri, 24/10/2025
10.00 am
Bruchsal
Stadttheater, Hexagon
10.00 am | Stadttheater, Hexagon
Nachgespräch im Anschluss
Sat, 25/10/2025
06.00 pm
Waghäusel
Rathaus Atrium
06.00 pm | Rathaus Atrium

Cast

Inszenierung: Jan Käfer

Ausstattung: Imke Paulick

Kemal: Douglas Morgan Brown

Ella: Kim Vanessa Földing

Kemals Vater / Karl: Tim Tegtmeier, Abed Haddad

Kemals Großmutter / Ellas Mutter / Leyla: Michaela Finkbeiner