POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS

the international radical theatre-ensemble theatercombinat invites to an opera!

POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS is an opera, no, a romantic singspiel with compositions by günther auer and text by claudia bosse about everyday life in times of raising social and political tensions. it negotiates the efficacy of art as a radical space for other possibilities of intervention.

POEMS of the DAILY MADNESS negotiates the efficacy of art as a radical space for other possibilities of intervention. computer processed sounds and melodies meet inflected speech, songs, arias and choir. 4 allegoric figures – POEMS, HATE CRIME, MADNESS and TERROR – meet in a set choreography. scenic elements and installations form a setting that is accessible for viewers. opera as a shared space and as an accessible installation. opera as a possibility to resist our political reality.

how can the real become poetic in order to be thought?

concept/ text/ scenery/ artistic direction: claudia bosse; composition/sound setting: günther auer; performers: mirjam klebel (MADNESS), nic lloyd (HATE CRIME), nicola schössler (POEMS), alexandra sommerfeld (TERROR); costume/ technical direction: marco tölzer; critical witness: johannes porsch, alexander schellow; assistant to the director: noah zeldin, dagmar tröstler; voice training: noah zeldin, guillaume fauchere; technics: lukas rawik; assistant of production/intern: charlotte kallenberg, julia gfrerrer; communication: vicky klug; head of production: roma hurey