Lise Meitner (1878-1968), a double migrant, voluntarily and involuntarily, the first woman to receive a physics professorship in Germany. A woman in a field unusual for her time. Starting from the discovery of nuclear fission in 1938 the play takes us to moments of Lise Meitner‘s career and shows how everyday work and the conditions of research change in extreme political situations. CORE ISSUES brings Lise Meitner back into the lecture hall, transforming it into a stage and showing the life story of one of the most important female scientists in Germany in the 20th century as a sensory experience with the help of music and live light projections. The project is a cooperation between science and art using historical sources.

Premiere in English: Thursday, 21.12.2023, 19:00
Freie Universität Berlin (FU): Henry-Ford-Bau, Garystr. 35, 14195 Berlin
on the occasion of 75 years FU Berlin

Duration: 90 Minutes

https://www.fu-berlin.de/campusleben/kalender/2023/75jahre/20231221-lise-meitner.html

Host: Freie Universität Berlin
Director and author (with original quotes and letters): Sandra Schüddekopf
Lise Meitner: Anita Zieher
Max von Laue: Christoph Gareisen
Otto Hahn (video): Dietmar König; Voice: Dennis Kozeluh
Light art: Katrin Bethge; Light art assistant: Maj-Lene Tylkowski
Music: Chor Berliner Cappella, Sergi Gili Solé (Conductor), Andrea Marie Baiocchi (piano) and Uta von Willert (Vocal soloist)
Videos: Karl Börner
Costume: Lejla Ganic
Tour assistant: Rudi Hausmann
Photos: Reinhard Werner und Urban Ruths; Bernd Wannenmacher/FU
Translation: Dennis Kozeluh 
Synchronisation: Rupert Derschmidt, Sandra Schüddekopf
Voice coach: Bronwynn Mertz-Penzinger
Project manager: Heinz-Eberhard Mahnke
Producer: portraittheater

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