Pres­su­re!

After their brother's drug deal goes awry, the siblings Hassan and Shirin are waiting on the court's verdict alongside their friends Omar, Murat and Freddie. Shirin feels that her brother's situation is the long overdue consequence of a lifestyle without the desire to integrate, while Hassan believes it is evidence of the arbitrary violence committed by a system that never gave them a chance. But what will happen now? Hassan knows that all the pressure that has built up will be unleashed at a protest. Now, and not one day later.

Arad Dabiri kept his ear close to the streets of an intercultural city for PRESSURE! Through clear dialogue, imploring monologues and rhythmic verses, the work addresses the broad concept of origin from a perspective that has to wrangle with massive expectations of adjustment and selfassertion every day.