BÄM BÄM BÄM & EMIGRANT SONGS
Double Feature
theatre, performance, dance/performance
SAT 28.03.2026
7:00pm — 9:00pm
Premiere
Frankfurt LAB
Ticket needed
In the foreground, a sheet of paper with a drawing of a revolver; in the background, a net with colorful fabrics.
Information on accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible event room (No steps or thresholds higher than 5 cm, doors at least 90 cm wide, wheelchair-accessible toilet, etc.)
Is spoken language used in the performance? If so, which one?
"Emigrant Songs" Language note: The primary languages of the performance are Ukrainian and Belarusian. Nevertheless, the work remains accessible through shared human experience, movement, and sound. No language skills are necessary to connect with the work. To support your experience, a brochure with translations of the song texts will be provided. "BÄM BÄM BÄM" language note: The main languages of the performance are German and English, with short passages in Spanish and Sudanese. We assume that there will be moments when you will not understand a language, or that you will grasp elements of a text at a later point. The performance is structured in such a way that the most important content appears in both German and English.
Are content notes provided for the audience in advance?
"BÄM BÄM BÄM" Content note: The performance deals with the genre of murder mystery and crime fiction and addresses the topics of violence, death, murder, and the police on a linguistic and visual level. There is a rag doll on stage that serves as a corpse and a toy gun without ammunition. There may be gunshot noises and a sudden bang. The stage is sometimes dimly lit and dark, and there will be fog and vaping.
Two performances share the big stage at Frankfurt LAB with a short intermission!
First, “Emigrant Songs” will open the doors (Soft Arrival from 6:30 p.m.), followed by “BÄM BÄM BÄM” - inviting you to the second and final show of the evening at around 8:20 p.m.
Emigrant Songs : In Emigrant Songs, four performers weave voices, bodies, and threads into a shared landscape. As a camouflage net slowly takes shape, folk songs inspired by the region of Polissja / Palesse overlap, carrying fragments of home across borders. Between weaving and singing, they explore cultural camouflage and the quiet negotiations of migration — asking how a voice can stay present while searching for a place to belong.
BÄM BÄM BÄM Justice wins. oder Tappen im Dunkeln. : At the beginning: a murder. At the end: the solution. In between: complete uncertainty. Wearing trench coats, casting long shadows, and brimming with brilliant self-confidence, ASJA and René Alejandro Huari Mateus approach the figure of the master detective as we know him from series such as True Detective, Sherlock, Twin Peaks, Tatort, TKKG, and Kalle Blomquist. A mysterious case, a crackling radio, and the stage as the scene of the crime. Our detectives question their desire for complete clarification and examine their fascination with a genre that is as mysterious as it is violent.
Emigrant Songs : Initiated by: Nastya Dzyuban
Created and performed in collaboration between: Nastya Dzyuban, Olen Mamai, Hanna Launikovich, Andrii Punko
Costume: Delphina O. Hennig Woodwork and emotional support: Nice Kager
Folk singing transmission & guidance: Tetiana Illchenko, Dariia Bakalova and folk music group Bozhedary
Folklore research & guidance: Andrii Punko
Sound Design: Hanna Launikovich
Technical support: Felix Schwarzrock
Big warm thanks to: Bernhard Siebert, Frédéric De Carlo, René Alejandro Huari Mateus, Barbara Krzoska, Chiara Marcassa, Jenny Flügge, Florian Ackermann and Frankfurt LAB team, Ida Daniel and IX ProsoziTé collective, Natalia Shcherbina, Olena Bronnikova and other members of the Weaving group, Melika Moazeni, Fabian Schäfer and Mania collective, Halyna Oblonina, Polina Oblonina, Tetiana Saienk
BÄM BÄM BÄM Justice wins. oder Tappen im Dunkeln: ASJA, René Alejandro Huari Mateus, Maren Ada Küpper, Nora Schneider und Felix Schwarzrock.
Funded by Kulturamt Frankfurt, Gesellschaft Freunde internationales Theater Frankfurt and Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst.
Further dates:
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SUN 29.03. | 5:00pm
Frankfurt LAB