The People of Our Neighborhood

Performance and Discussion / Fri 24.10.2025 / Entrance 5.30 pm, Start 6 pm

The People of Our Neighborhood is a solo performance in which one actor portrays eight characters. Set on an island where Greeks and Turks live together, it follows a child exploring queer love, identity, and coexistence while learning to embrace those society calls “enemies.” Inspired by Berfin Ertan’s journey, it examines identity, peace, and reconciliation. Staging is minimal: a radio, a coffee table, a stool, and, of course, sirtaki. The play has toured eight cities and appeared in nine festivals.

Credits

Writer/Director: Berfin Ertan
Director: Hakan Emre Ünal
Production: Kiki Collective
Movement Director: Büke Erkoç
Assistant: Öykü Gökduman
Lighting Designer: Anıl Akbey
Poster Designer: Öykü Eraslan
Producer: Kiki Collective

A 65-minute solo storytelling play
Language: Turkish with English surtitles
Moderation: Gerlinde Mauerer

Feminism beyond Borders. - Panel Discussion

After the performance, we discuss with Berfin Ertan (Performing artist, Kadir Has University, Istanbul), Denice Bourbon (queer-feminist stage artist, stand-up comedian, author, PCCC co-founder, Vienna), Esra Özmen (singer/duo EsRap, queer-feminist researcher, Vienna) about the working and living conditions of queer-feminist artists.

Closing: Hor 29. Novembar in concert.

 

An event organized by Gerlinde Mauerer and Melisande Mauerer in cooperation with Kiki Collective.

We thank the following institutions for funding: MA 7 Stadt Wien Abteilung Kultur, Sonderprojekt Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft, FThG - Sektion Feministische Theorie und Geschlechterforschung, ÖGS - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Sozologie, Stadt Wien - Bezirk Ottakring.