Rimini Protokoll // Futur4

In this documentary piece, life becomes a permanent theme. FUTUR4 by Rimini Protokoll reimagines the future of a biography, performance by performance. The protagonist Ursula Gärtner and her family were bought out of Romania by the Federal Republic of Germany at the beginning of the 1970s: "Without a receipt", without an option to return. As one of thousands of Transylvanian citizens in Saxony, disconnected from her own history. With what ideas about their future? FUTUR4 looks ahead. What can, what does the next generation want to know? How will they relate to what was? While the protagonist's son deals with AI, the audience experiences science fiction in the moment of its production. Using the means of science and theater, they can inscribe themselves into the protagonist's life. What is science fiction if it is not thought of in terms of rockets and other planets - but in terms of other concepts of being human?

With Ursula Gärtner, Xenia Klinge Concept, text & direction Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel Dramaturgy Christiane Kühl Scenography Dominik Steinmann Technical direction, lighting design and show system design Joscha Eckert Video design Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya Costume Christine Ruynat Sound design Peter Breitenbach Artistic collaboration Director Paula Holzhauer Production management & collaboration Research Lara Fischer Photo Marcus Glahn A production by Rimini Apparat in co-production with the Goethe-Institut Bucharest, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Sibiu International Theatre Festival / "Radu Stanca" National Theater (Romania), Theater RAMPE in Stuttgart and Theater im Pumpenhaus Performance rights schaefersphilippen Theater und Medien GbR The production is funded by the project "NARDIV - United in Narrative Diversity? Cultural (Ex-)Change and Mutual Perceptions in Eastern and Western Europe at the threshold of the digital age", funded by the Horizon Europe Program of the European Union under grant agreement number 101095171. The production is also supported by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung and the Kunststiftung NRW