The Time Machine at Staatstheater Cottbus: Great stage art conquers Cottbus
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The Time Machine in Cottbus: Science Fiction on a large stage, clever, sensual, contemporary
When H.G. Wells' vision meets today's stage art, a theatrical experience emerges that challenges both mind and heart. Helgard Haug (Rimini Protokoll) leads a time travel at the Staatstheater Cottbus, which with music by Barbara Morgenstern, precise dramaturgy, and strong acting, makes the theatre atmosphere in the large house resonate.
Between Utopia and Abyss: The production radically extends the future
The direction scrolls through the timelines from 1895 to 802,701 – a theatrical experimental arrangement that intertwines the history of science, diagnoses of the present, and images of the future. The evening questions progress and responsibility, belief in technology, and empathy. Thus, a piece of contemporary theatre is created that does not illustrate the novel but activates it as a think machine.
Stage design, light, sound: Sensual precision instead of effect-seeking
Marc Jungreithmeier's stage and video work operate with clear spaces, movable time levels, and cinematic perspectives. Cool, directed light draws futuristic contours; warm surfaces open utopian spaces. Barbara Morgenstern's live music lays fine rhythmic layers under the scenes – sometimes electronically pulsating, sometimes poetically reduced. The acoustics of the large house carries these sound spaces transparently into the upper ranks.
Acting craft in focus: Body, text, choir
The ensemble explores with precise text work and physical presence the fractures of human history. A project choir extends the stage into the collective: voices become a resonance space for audience reaction and discourse. Thus, an evening of theatre arises that argues, moves – and resonates.
Barrier-free experience
The large house has an induction loop for hearing aids; wheelchair spaces are available upon prior request. Thus, the time travel remains a shared experience for many.
Voices of the fans
The reactions of theatre lovers are clear: The Time Machine delights the audience.
- YouTube: 'This performance opens the mind and touches the heart'
Conclusion
A cleverly composed theatre evening about the possibilities and limits of humanity. Those who want to know what the future sounds and looks like today on stage will experience in Cottbus a precise, poetic, and politically awake production. See live – and think further.
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