Artistic Director: Ariel Efraim Ashbel / Research & Concept: Romm Lewkowicz / By and with: Casper-Malte Augusta, Jessica Gadani, Tatiana Saphir / Music: Hacklander \ Hatam / Featuring: Efrat Aviv, Nkisi / Head of Visuals: Alona Rodeh / Light: Joseph Wegmann / Outside Eye: Stefanie Wenner / Direction Assistant: Katharina Joy Book / Costume Assistance: Marcus Barros Cardoso / Collaboration Costumes: Maria Florencia Morales / Set Design Assistance: Adam Goldstein / Press & Production: björn & björn
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends
Do the Right Thing: Emergent Emergencies
- Performance
approx. 110 min
In their new performance “Do the Right Thing” Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends examine current political circumstances and the interdependencies of action (“DO”), ethics (“THE RIGHT”) and materiality (“THING”). Borrowing the title of Spike Lee’s film from 1989, Ashbel questions whether theatre can live up to the often self-imposed demand to do “the right thing”. Alongside the performers and musicians he places objects on stage as equal actors. Together they trace the history of political abstraction, opening up new possibilities for a theatre that no longer puts people in the centre. Starting from the primary colours red, yellow and blue and the basic geometric forms of circle, square and triangle, “Do the Right Thing” converts the traditional Bauhaus palette into bright neon colours of warning signs and security notices. The Bauhaus master Oskar Schlemmer once asked: “Humans and space each have different laws of order. Whose shall prevail?” The performance here goes beyond the pure confrontation of space and humans, allowing for an empathic and colourful revision of the role human beings play in dominating the world of objects.
Cast
Dates
Past
Credits
Production: Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), FFT (Düsseldorf). Funded by Fonds Bauhaus heute der Kulturstiftung des Bundes.
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Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.
