How can documentary theatre function as a witness? While in Untitled, former political prisoners give an account of their experiences framed artistically, in Aleppo: A Portrait of Absence, actors speak documentary texts, which the audience adds to. What possibilities and aesthetic strategies for witnessing does documentary theatre offer and what difficulties and limits are inherent to the form?  Omar Abi Azar and Junaid Sarieddeen, Zoukak Theatre Company, directors Untitled, Mohammad Al Attar and Omar Abusaada, artists Aleppo: A Portrait of Absence, and Monika Borgmann, UMAM Documentation & Research, in conversation with Andrea Frisch, Professor and guest researcher at the Romance Seminar at Leibniz University, Hannover 

As part of Entangled Histories, the conference is funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. With kind support from the Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung.