LEBENLIFEHAYAT! - Hessisches Landestheater Marburg (DE)
A child sleeps in the center. Around them, a chorus prepares a ritual: the child must be sacrificed to save the community. Then the child awakens, questioning and accusing: what is the value of a society that requires brutal exclusion to survive? Where does this urge to organize coexistence like an allotment garden come from? From this archaic starting point, Arad Dabiri dissects the status quo of our humanistic principles. Rich in associations, the text guides us through myths like the Garden of Eden. The message is clear: an earthly paradise can only succeed if it is a boundless place for everyone.
LEBENLIFEHAYAT! is a long poem and an urgent outcry in a burning world. At the same time, it ignites a spark of hope and begins the search for new, future narratives. This is a new beginning, a restart.
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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 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.
