thecodes - theater company dennis schwabenland
thecodes is the theatre company around director and actor Dennis Schwabenland and a changing constellation of artists.
thecodes wants to raise a voice for people who otherwise would not be heard. The aim is to bring people into the theatre who are losing access to it more and more, or who never had access to it, and to show them perspectives on how they can become socially involved.
The productions should have a current political reference: They often deal with issues of social injustice, the struggle against one-sided representation in society or the new challenges posed by digitalization. The works see themselves as laboratories for a future coexistence.
Classical, literary or cinematic models are used and given pop-cultural references, access to the themes should be easy, codes are used to which the audience refers, which are familiar to them and about which they can reflect through the newly created contexts.
thecodes works with different artists*, organizations and theatres in different constellations. Collaborations are sought that are partly based on long shared experience, but new artists who bring their own view of things and their own codes are also to be included.
Currently, for example, alongside Dennis Schwabenland as the core of the current project GILGAMESH ORIGIN (AT): Magdalena Nadolska and Daniel Mezger
GERMAN
thecodes is the theatre company around director and actor Dennis Schwabenland and a changing constellation of artists.
thecodes wants to raise a voice for people who otherwise would not be heard. The aim is to bring people into the theatre who are losing access to it more and more, or who never had access to it, and to show them perspectives on how they can become socially involved.
The productions should have a current political reference: They often deal with issues of social injustice, the struggle against one-sided representation in society or the new challenges posed by digitalization. The works see themselves as laboratories for a future coexistence.
Classical, literary or cinematic models are used and given pop-cultural references, access to the themes should be easy, codes are used to which the audience refers, which are familiar to them and about which they can reflect through the newly created contexts.
thecodes works with different artists*, organizations and theatres in different constellations. Collaborations are sought that are partly based on long shared experience, but new artists who bring their own view of things and their own codes are also to be included.
Currently, for example, alongside Dennis Schwabenland as the core of the current project GILGAMESH ORIGIN (AT): Magdalena Nadolska and Daniel Mezger
GERMAN
Brave New Life by thecodes
a co-production with Theater Orchester Biel-Solothurn, Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Kleintheater Luzern Imagine that people are no longer born naturally, but can be designed as desired thanks to genetic treatments. Or you learn new languages by means of a computer-brain interface. Even better: Dare to take the step towards immortality by digitising your consciousness! The distant future? Only a few people are aware of how far science and industry have already come in terms of artificial intelligence, bioengineering and the like. Dennis Schwabenland interviewed technologists in Japan and discussed with philosophers how scientific progress could influence our social norms: To what extent is it ethical to change the human body? What standards will we follow when nature sets us few limits? Will we achieve a new form of human existence, and if so, what kind of society will it be? Inspired by Aldous Huxle's 1932 science fiction novel Brave New World, Brave New Life explores what the future holds for us almost 100 years later. PREMIERE: October 23rd, 2021, Theater Orchester Biel-Solothurn (Stadttheater Biel) More Shows: October 30.-31, 2021, premiere Stadttheater Solothurn, november 10th. &. 12th 2021, Stadttheater Biel, november 17th, 20.21, Casino Theater Burgdorf, november 24th.-25th, 2021, december 10th -11th & 21st 2021, Stadttheater Solothurn, december 22nd - 23rd & 28th.-31st 2021, Schlachthaus Theater Bern, march 16th - 19th 2022, Theater Winkelwiese Zürich april 13th -14th & 16th 2022, Kleintheater Luzern, april 20th 2022, Casino Theater Frauenfeld |
The Gilgamesh Epic serves as the basis for an encounter between Palestinian and Swiss artists. This oldest known text is overwritten with everyday stories, it helps to reconcile realities, tells of the struggle against power structures, contemporary and archaic.
A co-production with the Al Kasaba Theater, Ramallah Palestine and the Grosse Halle Bern PREMIERE postponed: June 9th, 2022, Grosse Halle Bern |