LEBENLIFEHAYAT! - Hessisches Landestheater Marburg (DE)

Event

A child in the center, asleep, silent. Surrounding it is a chorus that swears itself to the impending ritual: The child must be sacrificed, reason must prevail over compassion, the community must be saved through sacrifice. Then the child awakens. It speaks, questions, accuses: What is the value of a society that believes it needs the brutal exclusion of others for its continued existence? Where does the urge to organize coexistence like an allotment garden come from?

From an archaic, fundamental situation, Arad Dabiri offers a glimpse into the status quo of humanistic principles in the world.
Rich in associations, the text leads through myths such as the Garden of Eden to demonstrate that humans will only succeed in creating an earthly paradise if they imagine this peaceful place for everyone, without boundaries. LIFE, LIFEHAYAT!

LEBENLIFEHAYAT! is a long poem, a long-overdue cry of protest in a world that is already burning, but in which the spark of hope has also been ignited, in which the search for future narratives has also begun: this is a new beginning, a fresh start, a reboot. 

For all people aged 12 and over who are curious about future narratives and visions for the world.

********
TICKETS
********

text Arad Dabiri director Carola Unser-Leichtweiß set & costumes Stefani Klie choreography Sophia Guttenhöfer dramaturgy Ia Tanskanen education Mia Scarcello photo Neven Allgeier

a project within the framework of Future Narratives for Planet Earth, supported by the European Union

German spoken, with English/Dutch surtitles

 

Het nieuwstedelijk is part of “Future Narratives for Planet Earth” — a European network of theatre houses collaborating to develop new stories about the relationship between humans and nature. The project’s main goal is to reimagine the future as a space full of possibilities. Within “Future Narratives,” seven new theatre productions are being created, which will be presented in Leuven at Shakespeare is dead.

LEBENLIFEHAYAT! - Hessisches Landestheater Marburg (DE)

Programme

LAB FUTURE NARRATIVES #2: cultural organisations in times of climate crisis ENG

Since 2022, Leuven has been in the vanguard as a European mission city. The goal of the mission is 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. The first Leuven Climate Contract contains an action plan towards climate neutrality in 2030, commitments by partners to implement the actions, and a financial model to pay for them. What are the roles that the cultural sector can play here? What expertise can we share?

sid*

Nico Boon lecture performance - About Playwrighting 1

About Playwriting (A Lecture) was created as part of Nico Boon’s doctoral thesis at the Associated Faculty of the Arts (KU Leuven/LUCA School of Arts). In this lecture, Boon approaches playwriting as a practice of continuous improvisation, in which chance, rhythmic intuitions, auditory awareness, bodily impulses, shapeshifting, and experimenting are more important than fixed narrative structures, or clear meanings, or distinct boundaries. He views playwriting as a transgressive enterprise that always refuses to choose a definitive form.

sid*

ZOÉ - An Immersive Science Fiction Poem in the Post-Anthropocene - UniT (AT)

ZOÉ is an immersive music performance that brings together science fiction poetry, electronic sounds and a changing landscape. In a world where humans, machines and nature merge, boundaries between species disappear. Here, stones speak, landscapes breathe and hybrid creatures emerge. ZOÉ invites you to become part of a living, vibrating environment where the definition of life is constantly reinvented.

sid*

Nico Boon lecture performance - About Playwrighting 2

About Playwriting (A Lecture) was created as part of Nico Boon’s doctoral thesis at the Associated Faculty of the Arts (KU Leuven/LUCA School of Arts). In this lecture, Boon approaches playwriting as a practice of continuous improvisation, in which chance, rhythmic intuitions, auditory awareness, bodily impulses, shapeshifting, and experimenting are more important than fixed narrative structures, or clear meanings, or distinct boundaries. He views playwriting as a transgressive enterprise that always refuses to choose a definitive form.

sid*

JUDIT SEEKS - Het nieuwstedelijk (BE)

Judit lives with an overpowering urge to please, even if it means losing herself in the process. At the same time, she obsessively pursues self-improvement and passionately fights for the planet. When she has turned her whole life upside down, she is suddenly confronted with what she has been sacrificing all this time.

Femke Van der Steen's new text is a polyphonic narrative: bold yet imaginative, offering a provocative perspective on the relationship between humans and nature.

sid*

Shakespeare is dead uses cookies to make your browsing experience easier. By continuing to use this website you agree to this. Read more