Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre
The Guardian World
by Deborah Cole in BerlinFebruary 16, 2026
Actor 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 the Portuguese playwright Tiago Rodrigues’s work Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/16/2026