Alexander Giesche – Visual Poems

A revolving stage runs for 64 hours without a break. Twelve individual audience seats are separated from the action by glass; around 150 short situations pass their windows and do not return. People, furniture, light and sound form a mechanical feed that continues through the night. NEW BEGINNINGS organises presence through waiting, missing things and brief exchanges of glances. Audience and performers can see each other, but remain apart. The stage keeps turning. Anyone arriving later receives a different beginning.

With

Vincent Basse, Zeynep Bozbay, Montserrat Gardó Castillo, Petr Hastik, Thomas Hauser, Mami Kang, Max Krause, Jelena Kuljić, Jeremy Nedd, Maximilian Reichert, Samouil Stoyanov, Klara Wördemann, Maria Wördemann, Sandrine Zenner, Andy Zondag

Guests

D’Schwuhplattler, Simon Kunz, Jimmy Lomis, Manuela Schemm, Florian Prittwitz-Schlögl, Dr. Anja Meurer, Dr. Ulrich Kastenbauer, diversity Tanzgruppe, Andrea Ringsgwandl, Franca Serafina Bolengo, Felix Brasch und Felix Schrimpff (Münchner Knabenchor), Thai Masseurinnen / Dao Rueang – Traditionelle Thaimassage, Greenpeace München, Sebastian Menzel, Mizzi, Gesundheits- und Krankenpfleger*innen aus München

Direction

Alexander Giesche

Set design

Matthias Kestel

Costumes

Nora Stocker

Hair and makeup

Sofie Reindl-Grüger, Raimund Richar-Vetter, Moray Terim

Video

Daniel Kluge

Lighting

William Grüger, Klaus Saller

Composition

Ludwig Abraham

Dramaturgy

Benjamin von Blomberg

Documentation

Lilli Pongratz, Jovana Reisinger

Artistic collaboration

Felix Lübkemann

Video assistance and engineering

Lars Huijgen

Production management

Miriam Worek

Photography

Julian Baumann