Der eingebildete Krake

In the organizer's words:

The rivers are dry, water is scarce and the outlook is bleak. It may be getting warmer, but it's not necessarily getting nicer on our planet. "Time to take a breath and come down a bit," thinks a young, latently stressed city dweller and accepts his cousin's invitation to visit him once again in their shared hometown of Bad Lausick, where he lives in a well-known spa. He has made a strange discovery here and wants to share it with him. However, when the city dweller arrives, his cousin wants nothing more to do with the discovery. Instead, he becomes completely absorbed in a group who obliviously indulge in a culture of wellness. They prefer not to have too much to do with the outside world and take excessive care of themselves. The returnee quickly realizes that nothing here is as it seems. Something indescribable spreads through the spa and takes possession of the guests. Something that seems to know more and goes beyond humanity.

Based on the "cosmic horror" in H.P. Lovecraft's stories, director and author Wilke Weermann and the TDJW ensemble are developing a play that deals with the end of our species. What does the knowledge of an impending climate catastrophe do to us? Will it lead to a turnaround or is it all just a bit too much, all this stress about the world and all its predicted doom? Does it even matter if we disappear from this planet one day?