The move to the right is affecting us all, but depending on the reality of our lives and our social position, we all experience it to varying degrees. Social values such as equality, participation and inclusion are being called into question. ‘Multi-crises’ and right-wing populism mean restrictions and attacks on the artistic scene in Germany.

And also the Cheers for Fears network initiative, which has initiated numerous interdisciplinary connections and collaborations in the (young) artistic scene in NRW over the last twelve years, is threatened in its existence.

At the HundertPro Festival, Cheers for Fears therefore opens up an exchange between all those who are wondering what to do now. In the arts and in everyday life. For a short time, we want to interrupt the anonymity of a visit to the theater and collect small and large gestures of resistance together. And to realize: whether behind, on, under or in front of the stage: we are not alone.