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Theater der Dinge 2024

6.–10.11.2024
International Festival of contemporary Figure and Object Theater
"In the world of spirits, everything is connected."
Jacint Verdaguer
"In the world of spirits, everything is connected."
Jacint Verdaguer

Puppet, figure and object theater has always been excited about spiritual creatures. That isn’t particularly surprising: after all, the spirit, or the soul, is already found in the term “animation” and thus is able to bring objects to life.

In its 2024 edition, Theater der Dinge turns its gaze toward a variety of social fields and problems with the figure of the spirits: to what extent do hauntings have to do with the global economy, exploitation or power relationships? With what repressed trauma and fears do ghosts confront us? And can we use animist ideas to develop our contemporary living reality between ecological disaster and digital transformation?

Trailer Theater der Dinge 2024, Video: Alexander Hector

At the center of the 2024 edition of Theater der Dinge is the performative exhibition Geisterhaus, or Haunted House, which Schaubude Berlin has developed together with Berlin-based artists and which is located at the interface between the performing arts and the visual arts. This parkour through all of the rooms at Schaubude Berlin features new works between performance and installation by Atif Mohammed Nour Hussein, Neïtah Janzing, dem KMZ Kollektiv, Robin Leveroos, Esther Nicklas, alpha kartsaki, Grit Wendicke and Naoko Tanaka.

In addition, the festival will also present the German-language premiere of the large-format installation Dimionis by the Catalan duo cabosanroque, the premiere of the new mask-beatbox piece by Theater Strahl, directed by Michael Vogel, international guest performances and an audience development program.

Information on the accessibility of the individual events can be found under the respective productions. Detailed information on the accessibility of the Schaubude Berlin can be found here. Detailed information on accessibility at the Theater Strahl Ostkreuz can be found here, for the Podewil here and for the Alte Münze here.

»Dimonis« cabosanroque, Foto: Jose Hevia
Things, Neïtah Janzing, Foto: Neïtah Janzing
Dimonis, cabosanroque, Foto: Jose Hevia
Reburn A Cathedral, Foto: Ofner Gergely
The Room, Foto: Tabea Hörnlein
Dressingroom, Robin Leveroos, Foto: Melanie Bonajo
Pas de Ghost, Foto: Christian Ulrich
Program
Program

Artistic direction
Tim Sandweg

Press and Public Relations
Silke Haueiß, Lea Röwer

Secretary
Réka Vitályos

Ticketing
Brix Lange

Theatre pedagogy
Susann Tamoszus, Franziska Burnay Pereira

Technical Coordination
Jens Angermann, Werner Wallner

Technical Department Schaubude Berlin
Jens Angermann, Paul Friedrich, Aabir Mandal, Bill Retzlaff, Werner Wallner

Venue management
Agnes Luisa Ehlich

A big thank you to our colleagues at Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH and to the teams at Theater Strahl, GRIPS Theater and Alte Münze.