program

Fr 01.04.

19:00

The Agency

MATER DOLOROSA BLEED

EINE IMMERSIVE TÖCHTERSCHULE
as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

The Agency invites all of its audience members to become novices at Mater Dolorosa. What was once a Higher School for Girls is now a haven for the m_others – “violators of the parenting norm”. But something is amiss in this brave new world. The system spins out of control when one among the m_others hatches the plan to remodel the place into a surrogate mothers’ cooperative.


21:30

Anna Fries und Malu Peeters

Virtual Wombs

as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

VIRTUAL WOMBS transfers virtual reality into the theatre space. Physical and virtual performers will take along small visitor groups on a tender journey into the pregnant post-human’s womb. VIRTUAL WOMBS is a hybrid constructed of a spatial sound environment, a lighting installation, and a virtual reality trip.


Sa 02.04.

19:00

The Agency

MATER DOLOROSA BLEED

EINE IMMERSIVE TÖCHTERSCHULE
as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

The Agency invites all of its audience members to become novices at Mater Dolorosa. What was once a Higher School for Girls is now a haven for the m_others – “violators of the parenting norm”. But something is amiss in this brave new world. The system spins out of control when one among the m_others hatches the plan to remodel the place into a surrogate mothers’ cooperative.


21:30

Anna Fries und Malu Peeters

Virtual Wombs

as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

VIRTUAL WOMBS transfers virtual reality into the theatre space. Physical and virtual performers will take along small visitor groups on a tender journey into the pregnant post-human’s womb. VIRTUAL WOMBS is a hybrid constructed of a spatial sound environment, a lighting installation, and a virtual reality trip.


So 03.04.

15:00

Antje Schrupp

SCHWANGERWERDENKÖNNEN

as part of Schwanger werden können
Vortrag + Diskussion

Pregnancy can turn out to be a much more complex issue than it seems. Antje Schrupp sheds light on being able to become pregnant from a political, a legal, and an historical perspective in a lecture with a subsequent talk.


16:30

The Agency

MATER DOLOROSA BLEED

EINE IMMERSIVE TÖCHTERSCHULE
as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

The Agency invites all of its audience members to become novices at Mater Dolorosa. What was once a Higher School for Girls is now a haven for the m_others – “violators of the parenting norm”. But something is amiss in this brave new world. The system spins out of control when one among the m_others hatches the plan to remodel the place into a surrogate mothers’ cooperative.


19:00

Anna Fries und Malu Peeters

Virtual Wombs

as part of Schwanger werden können
Performance

VIRTUAL WOMBS transfers virtual reality into the theatre space. Physical and virtual performers will take along small visitor groups on a tender journey into the pregnant post-human’s womb. VIRTUAL WOMBS is a hybrid constructed of a spatial sound environment, a lighting installation, and a virtual reality trip.


Fr 08.04.

20:00

Kassandra Production

HOOKED

Performance

HOOKED is a physical and visual performance about the anatomy of addiction. In a scenic mixture of dance, ritual, visual arts, and performance, the international artist team sheds light on the phenomenon of addiction.


21:30

Montserrat Gardó Castillo, René Alejandro Huari Mateus, Zuzana Žabková

LA SÉANCE

POLITICS OF INVITATION #5
as part of POLITICS OF INVITATION
Performative Zeremonie

LA SÉANCE views itself as an invitation, as a promise of something that is yet to happen. What roles do our expectations, desires, and predictions play in this? This fifth edition of the POLITICS OF INVITATION is the vision of a gathering that is built on practice that is widely perceived as sacred, clandestine, and marginal.


Sa 09.04.

20:00

Kassandra Production

HOOKED

Performance

HOOKED is a physical and visual performance about the anatomy of addiction. In a scenic mixture of dance, ritual, visual arts, and performance, the international artist team sheds light on the phenomenon of addiction.


Fr 22.04.

19:00

Bühne I

from 12 years

Elbers/Zhukov

WORK IN PROGRESS

Tanztheater

What are young people’s thoughts when they are thinking about work? And what is the situation in theatre like? Artist duo Elbers/Zhukov develops a new dance theatre staging about work with a group of youths.


19:00-22:00

Marlin de Haan

K.I.T.C.H.E.N.

Performative Installation

Die Küche ist immer wieder Ausgangspunkt künstlerischer Betrachtungen. Die Installation K.I.T.C.H.E.N. lädt dazu ein zu verweilen, zusammenzukommen und gewohnte Umgebungen neu zu entdecken.


Sa 23.04.

19:00

Bühne I

from 12 years

Elbers/Zhukov

WORK IN PROGRESS

Tanztheater

What are young people’s thoughts when they are thinking about work? And what is the situation in theatre like? Artist duo Elbers/Zhukov develops a new dance theatre staging about work with a group of youths.


19:00-22:00

Marlin de Haan

K.I.T.C.H.E.N.

Performative Installation

Die Küche ist immer wieder Ausgangspunkt künstlerischer Betrachtungen. Die Installation K.I.T.C.H.E.N. lädt dazu ein zu verweilen, zusammenzukommen und gewohnte Umgebungen neu zu entdecken.


22:00

suffon.de + Anna Freytag, Bufiman, alphosee & Nils Levin

10 YEARS SUFFON.DE

Party

suffon.de is an event calendar & magazine for club culture, focused on Düsseldorf and the surrounding area. In April 2022, the platform will be ten years old. Reason enough to celebrate it! Anna Freytag (DJ set), Bufiman (live), alphosee & Nils Levin (DJ set) will accompany us musically.


Mo 25.04.

19:00-22:00

Marlin de Haan

K.I.T.C.H.E.N.

Performative Installation

Die Küche ist immer wieder Ausgangspunkt künstlerischer Betrachtungen. Die Installation K.I.T.C.H.E.N. lädt dazu ein zu verweilen, zusammenzukommen und gewohnte Umgebungen neu zu entdecken.


Di 26.04.

19:00-22:00

Marlin de Haan

K.I.T.C.H.E.N.

Performative Installation

Die Küche ist immer wieder Ausgangspunkt künstlerischer Betrachtungen. Die Installation K.I.T.C.H.E.N. lädt dazu ein zu verweilen, zusammenzukommen und gewohnte Umgebungen neu zu entdecken.


Fr 29.04.

20:00

kainkollektiv

BLACK EURYDICE / SCHWARZE EURYDIKE / EURYDICE NOIRE

Musiktheater

Together with five contemporary composers from Cameroon, South Africa, Iran, Canada, and Europe, kainkollektiv devises an (Afro)futuristic, feminist, and postcolonial counter opera: A vision of the future of musical theatre in the form of a digitally drawn live performance superheroine story.


Sa 30.04.

20:00

kainkollektiv

BLACK EURYDICE / SCHWARZE EURYDIKE / EURYDICE NOIRE

Musiktheater

Together with five contemporary composers from Cameroon, South Africa, Iran, Canada, and Europe, kainkollektiv devises an (Afro)futuristic, feminist, and postcolonial counter opera: A vision of the future of musical theatre in the form of a digitally drawn live performance superheroine story.