When does Thick Blood take place?

The performance begins on Saturday, November 21, 2026, at 8:00 PM.

Where will Thick Blood be performed?

The performance takes place on the Theater Ship Heilbronn at Obere Neckarstraße 31 in 74072 Heilbronn.

Who is behind the performance?

Thick Blood is a family celebration with the Citizen.KANE.Collective.

What is the performance about?

The production examines family as a personal experience space and as a socio-political microcosm. It centers on origins, alienation, silence, tenderness, and chosen kinship.

Is Thick Blood a classic play?

Thick Blood is described as performance theater and a family celebration. The performance combines personal interviews, memories, and a direct encounter with the audience.

Experience Thick Blood Live: A Family Celebration Becomes a Political Theater Stage

Name: Thick Blood
Start: 2026-11-21T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-21T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Theaterschiff Heilbronn

Family as Celebration, Conflict and Political Stage

The Theater Ship Heilbronn will transform into an unusual family celebration on November 21, 2026: THICK BLOOD with the Citizen.KANE.Collective invites the audience to take a seat, to be a guest, and to experience the boundaries between stage and life anew.

When the Family Conquers the Stage

Six collective members have exchanged their parents and spoken with each other's mothers and fathers. From these conversations about origins, alienation, silence, ideologies, tenderness, and aging arises a sensual, painful, and yet humorous performance.

Between Table Community and Escalation

The production begins with an invitation: The audience becomes part of a celebration where expectations, memories, and unspoken conflicts become visible at the shared table. The dramaturgy moves between documentary material, personal memories, and performative intensification. From closeness emerges tension, and from familiarity arises a political question.

Family is Never Just Private

THICK BLOOD views family as a social microcosm, as the first rehearsal space for living together, and as a political stage. The performance questions belonging and freedom: How much closeness can a person endure? How much distance is needed for self-determination? And who decides which bonds shape a life?

A Stage Experience Between Humor and Vulnerability

The theater atmosphere thrives on direct encounters. Voices, glances, and gestures carry the weight of personal testimonies while the acting art of the collective oscillates between role and biography. The result is an intense performance theater that allows for humorous moments as well as painful realizations.

Conclusion: An Evening About the People Who Shape Us

Those who do not see family stories as private trivialities, but as mirrors of society, will find in THICK BLOOD a challenging and touching stage experience. The Citizen.KANE.Collective opens the family table for all and invites a rethinking of origins, chosen kinship, and solidarity. This theater must be experienced live.