Play about fascism causes violent scenes at German theatre

2026-02-16 - 18:05

Actor playing far-right activist shouted down and pelted with fruit during Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists An actor at a theatre in Germany was at the weekend shouted down, pelted with fruit and subjected to an attempted stage invasion as he delivered a final monologue in character as a far-right activist. The violent scenes came on Saturday during the German premiere of Portuguese playwright Tiago Rodrigues’s work Catarina, or The Beauty of Killing Fascists in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. Continue reading...