Escaping Heldenplatz

In the organizer's words:

Escaping Heldenplatz

Mixed Reality Experience after Thomas Bernhard

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Duration: approx. 80 minutes

Language: German

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In his last play, Thomas Bernhard used the story of a Jewish family in Vienna to examine the extent of anti-Semitism in 1988. The premiere at the Burgtheater turned into the biggest theater scandal since 1945 and could only take place under police protection due to calls for a boycott, physical attacks and death threats. In KGI's interpretation of Heldenplatz, the audience embarks on a search for traces of the scandal and the anti-Semitism of today: what happens when we dare to look into the abyss of the past?

Using VR goggles, the audience is transported into a nightmare of the unconscious that attempts to look behind the polished facades of the seemingly undamaged cultural sector. An intoxicating

odyssey between VR and theater, guilt and the unconscious, past and present begins.

The performance is complemented by an installative documentation.

By and with: Maria Vogt, Simon Kubisch, Dominik Meder, Arthur Romanowski, Mike Vojnar, Johnny Mhanna, Marcel Nascimento, Sara Sabri / Concept, text: Maria Vogt, Simon Kubisch, Dominik Meder / Director: Maria Vogt, Simon Kubisch, Dominik Meder / Dramaturgy: Jonathan Harth / XR-Design: Alexander Bauer and Markus Wagner and Ben Fischer (MireviLab) / Video: Marcel Nascimento / AI animations: Dominik Meder

A co-production of kgi and Theater an der Ruhr.

Funded by: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of NEUE WEGE in cooperation with the NRW KULTURsekretariat and the Fonds Darstellende Künste.

Guest performance supported by the LICHTHOF Foundation.

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Price information:

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