The sun speaks. Its snotty way of telling us humans off reveals that it has long ceased to be merely adorable. The air also has its say. In many voices, it argues about its changeability, its limits, and transience itself.

Through permanent changes of perspective and her customary linguistic escapades, Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek once again turns our usual assumptions upside down. Yes, humanity has long threatened nature, but the appearance of the “goddesses” also makes us feel the power that nature possesses.

Director Emre Akal and the duo Mehmet & Kazim, whose visual art is influenced by hip hop and graffiti, create virtual worlds with a radically colorful and innovative aesthetic. Here, people try to preserve what slips through their fingers: the pristine environment, the purely human, the real encounter. What happens when nature as we know it exists only as a digital memory? And where will we find ourselves then?

Director: Emre Akal
Stage and video: Mehmet & Kazim
Costumes and stage assistance: Lara Roßwag
Music: Enik
Dramaturgy: Anna-Sophia Güther
With: Luiza Monteiro, Anna Rausch, Anke Stedingk, Tim Breyvogel, Thomas Kramer, Sebastian Schindegger, Mervan Ürkmez

Link

https://2023.steirischerherbst.at/en/program/events/5127/schauspielhaus-graz