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With AQUA@CYCLES, VolXbühne explores the physical element of water and its analogies to our lives, personal situations, and current and future socio-political issues. When we think of WATER, the range of associations is vast – from the most personal of all experiences with amniotic fluid as an embryo in the womb, to the sea as a place of longing and the scene of serious accidents, to the experience of overflowing rivers as a threat to life, to scientific and political issues of climate change, water shortages, and the resulting waves of migration.
The topic of water is closely linked to “cycles”: older people in particular are aware of (interrupted) cycles in their lives and their bodies and have come into contact with the element of water in a variety of ways – during births, vacations, or threatening situations. Water—the giver of life—is also becoming an acute threat in times of climate change and multinational corporations, a cause of migration and an expensive consumer good.
In addition to 11 citizens, the musicians Igor Kirillov (piano, harpsichord & electronics) and Peter Eisold (percussion & electronics), the singer & performer Sabina Krauze, the actor & dancer Mohammad Saado Kharouf, and Maria Neumann, a long-time ensemble member of the Theater an der Ruhr, will also be involved.
Performers: Bruno Kirchhof, Claudia Burghardt, Daniela Godde, Frieder Kornfeld, Friedhelm Friebe, Horst Sommerfeld, Karin Oeser, Ingrid Henkes, Majid Taatizadeh, Maria Neumann, Martin Gerhards, Mohammad Saado Kharouf, Sabina Krauze /// Live music & composition: Igor Kirillov (piano & effects), Peter Eisold (percussion & electronics)
Direction & text adaptation: Jörg Fürst, stage design: Jan Patrick Brandt, costumes: Monika Odenthal, video screening stage & social media video blog: Susann Martin, technical direction: Dirk Lohmann, Production & PR: Britta Stalleicken, Layout: molter&sartor, Düsseldorf, PR Cologne: neurohr&andrä, Transportation: Schlax
The production and the VolXbühne are supported by the Diversity Fund NRW, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW, the Cultural Secretariat NRW, and MEG – Mülheimer Entsorgungsgesellschaft.
Admission: €15 / €10
Tickets: 0208 - 43 96 29 11 or karten@volxbuehne.de
