CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv
LECKEN

This interactive performance blurs the boundaries between a theatre performance and a worksop – protected, by mutual consent. Trans, non-binary and cis-female persons share their queer perspectives. They ask about practices, about shame and taboos. They are curious and gentle. They explain the anatomy of various genitals and carry out various forms of touching with and without their tongues. They tell us how licking and queer sex became taboo. A great voyage of discovery that invites you to explore feminist and queer ideas of pleasure and desire!

LECKEN is presented as part of ACADEMY #2 / FORUM, in order to defy those voices that have agitated against this queer perspective: when the production was invited to the Wildwechsel Festival in Zwickau, both the theatre and the Mayor received letters of complaint. Hate speech was posted on Facebook. The far-right groups Freie Sachsen and Der Dritte Weg proposed the harrassment of audience members and disruption of festival events. In the end, LECKEN was not shown in Zwickau as the festival’s funding was reduced at short notice. All the more reason for Impulse, the FFT and the Fonds Darstellende Künste to be delighted to be able to offer LECKEN a stage in Düsseldorf.

For everyone aged 14 and over. LECKEN takes care to treat the themes it deals with in an age-appropriate manner.