Akcent Festival, Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Goethe Institut
Special location: former Federal Assembly Building
What is Europe’s future? How do we react to rising levels of youth unemployment, national debt, xenophobia and Euro-scepticism? Preenacting Europe lets the public decide the political direction using live voting. Which future programme will win and be implemented? The "European Swarm Union", the swarm-intelligent fundamental democracy? Or "The Lottocratic Republic of Europe", in which all political authorities are chosen by lottery? Or something completely different, adopted first on the evening of the performance? Preenacting Europe is different each evening. In this performance with its undecided outcome, the responsibility is transferred onto the audience and the question of the future of democracy is posed: Where does freedom of choice end and controlled democracy begin?
More performances within Akcent 2015:
Jessica Litwak — Solo and group techniques of socially engaged theatre
Fremde Freunde / Walk between Dresden and Prague
Husam Abed – Smooth Life
Free Apples — DidaDiv / Refugees
Rimini Protokoll (Helgard Haug, Daniel Wetzel) – Qualitätskontrolle / Quality Control
Lola Arias – Audition for a demonstration
Rimini Protokoll (Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi, Daniel Wetzel) – Home Visit Europe
LLoyd Newson / DV8 Physical Theatre — John
AKCENT Festival in Plzen
Workshop: Jessica Litwak — Solo and group techniques of socially engaged theatre
Interrobang is a Berlin based performance group consisting of Till Müller-Klug, Nina Tecklenburg, Lajos Talamonti and associated members. In partnership with the Sophiensaele Berlin and supported by the “Doppelpass”- programme of the German Federal Cultural Foundation Interrobang are creating a series of "pre-enactments": Different to the backward-looking idea of re-enactment, the Preenactment explores exemplary present-day phenomena and, using performance and theatrical means, transposes them into the future. After Sprachlabor Babylon (2012), Callcenter Übermorgen (2013) and ThAEtermaschine (2013), Preenacting Europe is the fourth project in this series of performative future visions.
For more infos: www.interrobang-performance.com
Credits
Devised and Performed by: Nina Tecklenburg, Till Müller-Klug, Lajos Talamonti;
Referee: Dorothea Schmans;
Simultaneous translator Ger-Eng: Flavio Ribeiro;
Simultaneous translator Ger-Czech: Katerina Sitarová;
Conceptual Collaboration: Martin Schick;
Music und Europhone: Ekkehard Ehlers;
Dramaturgy: Lisa Großmann, Tom Mustroph;
Set Design and Costumes: Sandra Fox;
Technical Coordinator and Video: Florian Fischer
Lighting design: Dirk Lutz;
Production: Marc Pohl;
Europhone Software: Georg Werner;
Intern: Jonas Feller.
Duration: 90 – 100 Min.
In co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE.
In cooperation with Hellerau European Center of the Arts Dresden and Theatron (Network of European Performing Arts Organisations).
Funded by the Doppelpass Fund of the German Federal Cultural Foundation.
Presented by AKCENT Festival together with Goethe Institut Prague and The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language.
