Christina Kiesler: MACHINE – A Girl from the STEEL City

Christina Kiesler returns to the stage with "MASCHINE – A Girl from the STEEL City" and dissects the obsession with optimization of our time—from fitness goals to societal role models. As the "girl from the steel city" (Duisburg), she ironically reflects on her own transformation into a "machine": caught between self-doubt, the pressure of 15,000 steps a day, and the question of whether she ultimately becomes the very system she criticizes.

With a sharp eye and her signature biting humor ("zweite is a gmahte Wiesn!"), Kiesler targets not only the patriarchy but also her own pursuit of the "runner’s high." A cabaret-style reckoning with the absurdities of modern life that invites both laughter and reflection—and never forgets that behind every machine, there’s a human being.