Three Times Left is Right

Three Times Left is Right is a project about the thin line between hate and love. In this new performance, Studio Julian Hetzel explores the economy of polarization.

The new right successfully appropriates the language and revolutionary stance of the old left, while the left struggles with an identity crisis. The old is dying, but the new cannot be born.

This performance takes the audience on an ideological Möbius strip, where ideas and people shift—until the moment when three times left suddenly proves to be right.

In a time of growing polarization and the rise of radical right-wing, nationalist movements, Studio Julian Hetzel creates a performance about the challenge of cohabiting with radical opposites under one roof. A family portrait that exposes the relationship between the populist right-wing and the progressive left.

“I love to hate you.

I hate to love you.”

Blood, war, rape, censorship, oppression, repression, agression, deportation, fake news, strobe light, excessive use of strobe light, smoke, loud music, strong language, abusive language, offensive lanuage, inappropriate language, racist jokes, homophobic jokes, hate speech, nudity, violence, emotional abuse, disturbing images, AI generated images, pornographic images, sexual assault, dubious consent scenarios, non-consenual interaction, discrimination, black facing, red facing, toxic masculinity, mansplaining, white privilege, stereotyping, binary stereotypes, problematic representation of religious beliefs, purposeless destruction of domestic appliances, unsustainable use of resources, animal cruelty, non vegan food preparation, cannibalism, excessive use of blood, murder, amputation, loss of limb, silencing of obvious truths, social injustice, depression, divorce, dementia, ageism, physical assault, questioning of colonialism, mentioning of genocide, political correct language, wokeness, woke language, gender neutrality, gender diversity, inclusivity, people of color, feminist worldviews, systemic challenging of patriarchy, LGBTQ+ friendly theories, manipulative narratives, advocay for reparations and equity, awareness of intersectionality, attempts towards cultural sensitivity, post-capitalist theory, call-out culture, derailing of political ideas, triggering trigger warnings.

Press

Interview

‘I wanted to make tangible the dead end of polarisation in politics,’ says playwright Julian Hetzel (44) the day after the premiere. “And this set is exactly the right vehicle. Because it’s easy to turn away from people who vote for parties diametrically opposed to your views if you don’t know them. But this man and woman share the same universe and raise three children within it. They had to keep talking to each other. I was curious to see where that would lead.” – Julian Hetzel, interviewed by Wendy Lubberding for Parool.

Read the whole interview here.

SlowTV

Julian Hetzel made a film for SlowTV Cinema. It will play on May 18th starting 10:00 at LE:EN.

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