In AQUA@CYCLES, A.TONAL.THEATER and the renowned Theater an der Ruhr examine the element of water for its analogies to our lives in a 70-minute performance - consisting of acting, video, choral singing and lots of live music: In addition to 10 citizens and 4 professional performers/musicians, actress Maria Neumann, a long-standing member of the Theater an der Ruhr ensemble and the current winner of the Ruhr Prize for Art and Science, will be involved.

When we think of WATER, the associations range widely - from the most personal of all experiences with amniotic fluid as an embryo in the womb to the sea as a place of longing and the scene of serious disasters or the experience of overflowing rivers as a threat to life to political issues of climate change, water shortages and the resulting waves of migration. The theme of water is closely linked to "cycles": older people in particular are aware of (interrupted) cycles in their lives and bodies and have come into contact with the element of water in many different ways...

Performers: Bruno Kirchhof, Claudia Burghardt, Daniela Godde, Frieder Kornfeld, Friedhelm Friebe, Horst Sommerfeld, Karin Oeser, Ingrid Henkes, Maria Neumann, Martin Gerhards, Mohammad Saado Kharouf, Sabina Krauze /// Live music & composition: Igor Kirillov (piana & effects), Peter Eisold (percussion & electronics)

Direction & text: Jörg Fürst, stage design: Jan Patrick Brandt, costumes: Monika Odenthal, video screening stage & social media video blog: Susann Martin, technical direction: Dirk Lohmann, production & PR: Britta Stalleicken, layout: molter&sartor, Düsseldorf, PR Cologne: neurohr&andrä, transportation: Schlax

The production and A.TONAL.THEATER are supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne, the Ministry of Culture and Science NRW, the Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste NRW and the Kultursekretariat NRW. AQUA@CYCLES is a production of A.TONAL.THEATER (Cologne), the Theater an der Ruhr and the VolXbühne Mülheim an der Ruhr in cooperation with Freihandelszone - Ensemblenetzwerk Köln, the Alte Feuerwache Köln and the AQUARIUS Wassermuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr.