andcompany&Co.

HYPERDARK – “If the kids are divid:ed …”

  • Music
  • Performance
German /  approx. 60 min.

In “HYPERDARK,” andcompany&Co. examine the omnipresent political confusion of our time – between excessive demands, manipulation and digital acceleration. In a mix of lecture-concert and live radio play, the theatre collective and artists from various disciplines ask how it is still possible to think, breathe and act in this hyperpolitics.

Everyone is confused, hyperactive, burnt out and constantly agitated at the same time. So are andcompany&Co.! Unfortunately, this general state hardly leads to mutual understanding. On the contrary. Is “confusionism” the calculated work of right-wing and/or super-rich villains or the sabre-rattling of the zeitgeist? Are there still people behind it or are they rather machines that have taken on a life of their own? With “HYPERDARK”, the Berlin theatre collective andcompany&Co. has developed a hybrid of lecture concert and live radio play. Together with the poet Elisa Aseva, video artist Kathrin Krottenthaler, the animation artist Hila Flashkes and the visual artist Raul Walch, they ask: When did this “hyperpolitics” start? What happened that suddenly not only the personal is supposed to be political, but also the political is supposed to be personal? Has it ruined us? And above all: how on earth can we work, think and breathe in such a time without contributing to the general confusion?

Cast

With: Elisa Aseva, Alexander Karschnia, Nicola Nord, Sascha Sulimma&Co. / Concept: andcompany&Co. / Text: Elisa Aseva, Alexander Karschnia, Nicola Nord&Co. / Music: Sascha Sulimma&Co. / Video: Kathrin Krottenthaler / Animation: Hila Flashkes / Costume, set: Raul Walch / Co-direction: Saskia Mommertz / Assistance costume & props: Diane Esnault / Technical direction: Marc Zeuske / Production, communication: Lisa Schmidt / Financial management: Laura Biagioni / Company management: Caroline Farke

Dates

  • Current
    • Tue 27.5.2025, 20:00 / HAU3
    • Wed 28.5.2025, 20:00 / HAU3
  • Past

Further Information

Visitor note

Credits

Production: andcompany&Co. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, FFT Düsseldorf. Funded by: Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.

Location

HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin

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