PHOTO: © Frank Röttgen

DIE PEST IN LONDON

In the organizer's words:

by Daniel Defoe

Planet of Viruses - Is the next pandemic inevitable?
A multimedia theater experience between past and future

What if history doesn't just rhyme, but repeats itself?
London, 1722: In a gripping account, Daniel Defoe describes how an entire city goes into isolation. The authorities deny the danger, then lock the gates. Supply collapses. Panic and selfishness meet humanity and the will to survive. Plague houses (isolated dying), looting, quiet streets (lock-down) - and decisions that cost lives.

Sounds frighteningly topical?
In a one-hour mixed-media production, visual artist and director Kristóf Szabó unfolds an intense scenario about pandemics - inspired by Defoe's chronicle, condensed with contemporary images, sounds and thoughts. An experience at the interface of visual arts and theater that looks deep into the human soul.

Thrilling. Disturbing. Touching.
An evening that asks more questions than it answers - and that is precisely why it gets under your skin.

Language: German

Accessibility: Suitable for wheelchair users

With: Maximilian von Mühlen as PEST, Boshi Nawa as FAKTOTUM, Lili Oksanen as TOTE SEELE | Video art: Ivó Kovács | Photo art: Claudia Diaz & Kristóf Szabó | Costume of the plague: Maximilian von Mühlen | Costume of the factotum & the dead soul: Kristóf Szabó | Text: Daniel Defoe: The Plague of London (excerpts from the novel) and others | PR: Ines Langel | Stage design, sound design, dramaturgy & direction: Kristóf Szabó

Cultural Office of the City of Cologne

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Location

Orangerie Theater Volksgartenstraße 25 50677 Köln