Healing Hate
Caravan of LUV / Elia Rediger & int int irrit / Wiener Festwochen (Vienna / Basel / Berlin)
Festival Opening | Co-production | German premiere | German | with English surtitles | no age restriction
Are we ready for Woodstock 3.0? How can we respond to the turbulent world around us? Studies indicate that there are more than 110 million love songs, with about 2,000 being added every day. This is where singer, director and pop artist Elia Rediger comes into play, creating a glamorous opening for the 35th edition of euro-scene Leipzig at the Opera House in Leipzig – a happening you will never forget.
The 12-member musical performance collective Caravan of LUV arrives directly from the festival Wiener Festwochen, choosing Leipzig as their starting point for their healing tour across Europe. As a modern commune, the twelve musicians live and rehearse in their caravans, creating new rituals and love songs. Between ecstasy and silence, musical theater, performance and magical moments, Caravan of LUV creates a space in which pain, love and rock “n” roll meet in an impressive way. They create a different theme for each city. Well-known guests from the worlds of culture and society join the band on stage to create a program full of surprising moments. HEALING HATE is no ordinary concert, but a musical-performance happening that deals with the fractures of our present day. An evening of friction, reflection – and a radical invitation: What if we began not only to name hatred, but to transform it into love through empathy, music and community?
Elia Rediger, initiator of the Caravan of LUV, is no stranger to Leipzig: he is the frontman of the cult Leipzig band Brigade Futur 3 and was already featured at euro-scene Leipzig in 2022 as a founding member of Group 50:50 (THE GHOSTS ARE RETURNING).
Special Guests: Songwriter und musician Bonaparte, chorbeau, OBM Burkhard Jung, Robert Ssempijja u.a.
Be part of the show!
Elia Rediger and the performance collective Caravan of LUV create a new live happening – a ritual of healing – for every city they visit. The Caravan of Love premiered at the Wiener Festwochen in June 2025.
In Leipzig, everyone is invited to become part of the show by sending their answers in advance to LUV@intintirrit.net in response to the following questions:
WHAT DO YOU HATE ABOUT THE WORLD – WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT THE WORLD?
WHAT DO YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF – WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOURSELF?
Send us an email and we get back to you!
Special Guests
This “soundwave of love” will receive powerful support at the festival opening at the Leipzig Opera, featuring renowned special guests – including Swiss songwriter and musician Bonaparte, celebrated worldwide for his unmistakable style, the forty-member German-French chorbeau from Leipzig, Lord Mayor of the city of Leipzig Burkhard Jung, dancer and choreographer Robert Ssempijja, and further surprises!
Credits
Idea + Direction Elia Rediger Choir chorbeau Musical Direction Lucas Reis Music + Performance Caravan of LUV mit Romy Jakovcic, Prince pauT de monaco, Maria Petrova, Georg Vogler, Lan Sticker, Bernadette Freithofnig, Valentin Kaiser, Sebastian Scholz, Scharmien Zandi, Julia Makoschitz, Aaron Maria Steiner, Niklas Esterbauer, Mareike Kremsner, Max Wintersperger Dance Robert Ssempijja Concept Elia Rediger & INT INT IRRIT Artistic Director Elia Rediger Stage Felicia Riegel Lighting Bernd Gengelbach Costume Janine Werthmann, Suleymane Diallo Video Moritz von Dungern Production + Touring Benjamin Buchwald
Production int int irrit Co-production Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien, euro-scene Leipzig
Audiodescription Beatrix Hermens, Matthias Huber, Marisa Wendt – gefördert durch Aktion Mensch Guest Performance Funding Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
Creation Wiener Festwochen | Vienna, 22 May 2025
Guest Performance Support
Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin
Main Supporters
euro-scene leipzig is institutionally supported by the City of Leipzig and the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Culture and Tourism. Co-financed by tax revenue on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon State Parliament.