Name: Gi3F (God is Three Women)
Start: 2026-06-17T21:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-17T23:10:00+02:00
Location: Theater Duisburg – FOYER III

Gi3F in Duisburg: A fast, clever play about the end of the world, humor and contradiction

With Gi3F (God is Three Women), the Duisburg Theater presents an intelligent, fast-paced theatrical experience on the small, intense stage of FOYER III. The evening revolves around the big questions of humanity: origin, guilt, downfall, and the final hope for meaning. Miroslava Svolikova's text employs poetic condensation, sharp humor, and a distinctive perspective on the creation story.

A staging between philosophy theater and feverish present

The original does not devise a sluggish parable, but rather a rapid thought movement. Here, God does not appear as an old white man but as a trio of female voices gazing upon a damaged Earth. This perspective opens up space for irony, wordplay, and a production that relies on tempo, clever intensity, and clear theatrical images. The result is acting art with attitude: light in tone, heavy in echo.

Dramaturgy with impact and musical precision

The production has a compact duration of about 1 hour and 40 minutes without an intermission. This intensifies the pull of the evening: no escape, no distraction, only focus on text, performance, and rhythm. Direction and stage design are handled by Eva Zitta, whose work in FOYER III feels particularly close to the audience. Costumes and sound design sharpen the atmosphere, making the piece feel like a conceptual crack through reality.

The special theater atmosphere in FOYER III

FOYER III is known as a studio for extraordinary theater productions and offers an immediate, almost chamber-like stage experience with 99 seats. Here, the audience sits close to the action, feeling breath, pauses, and the shift between seriousness and humor particularly directly. This closeness makes every audience reaction audible and lends the evening that tension often lost in larger houses.

Piece, language, and resonance

Miroslava Svolikova, awarded the Nestroy Prize, combines philosophical questions with pop cultural energy in this text. Reviews refer to a humorous engagement with the great questions of humanity and to the rapid succession of images, quotes, and thoughts that make the evening feel like a thought frenzy. This is precisely where the strength of Gi3F lies: The piece addresses the crisis of the world not with pathos, but with clear, often surprisingly cheerful access.

What visitors can expect

Those who love contemporary theater that combines sharp thinking, wordplay, and strong images will experience an evening with resonance in Duisburg. Gi3F (God is Three Women) promises concentrated acting, incisive direction, and a theater atmosphere that lingers in memory. Those who engage with this evening will see not just a play, but a vibrant, clever plea for the power of theater.