Oliver Zahn / HAUPTAKTION

Situation mit Zuschauern

  • Theatre
German /  50 minutes

“Situation mit Zuschauern” examines the ethics of contemplation and the pleasure we derive from watching others. After his first visit in 2016, director Oliver Zahn returns to HAU Hebbel am Ufer. His work oscillates between a drawn curtain and explicitly staged violence. Together with his company HAUPTAKTION, he tests the limits of what can be shown on stage. In this performative essay, the performers work against a video screen: how political is their viewpoint? At what point does a witness become a voyeur? This is a piece concerned with both the desire to observe and a voyeurism that is today more easily satisfied than ever before.

Cast

By and with: Oliver Zahn, Banafshe Hourmazdi, Jasmina Rezig / Technical Design, Light: Jonaid Khodabakhshi / Dramaturgy, Artistic Production Management: Hannah Saar / Artistic Collaboration, Outside Eye: Julian Warner

Dates

Past
  • Fri 12.5.2017, 21:00 / HAU3
  • Sat 13.5.2017, 21:00 / HAU3
  • Sun 14.5.2017, 18:00 / HAU3

Credits

Production: HAUPTAKTION. Co-production: Münchner Kammerspiele and HAU Hebbel am Ufer, in cooperation with Theater Rampe Stuttgart.

Funded by the State Capital of Munich, the Fonds Darstellende Künste and the Richard-Stury-Stiftung.

Location

HAU3
Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin

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