HYPERFORMANCE

*** Winner of the 2024 Cologne Theater Award! *** 

Four performers take on a fully digitized world of machines. What will endure—the human factor, with its fallibility, its finitude, its imagination, and its passionate hearts… Or must we surrender to the relentlessness of algorithms?

And, yes, of course, it’s also about survival strategies in times of rampant meaninglessness.

“70 jam-packed minutes (…) a gripping performance”
“With virtuosity and a vibrant joy of performance, the trio on stage throws itself into the fray”
“played with captivating humor”
Kölner Stadtanzeiger

Concept: Björn Gabriel, Anna Marienfeld
Text, Direction: Björn Gabriel
Costumes, Production: Anna Marienfeld 
Choreography: Karel Vanek
Vision & Sound: Jan van Putten
Video Assistant: Christian Hoßbach
Performers: Marco Sprinz, Lucia Schulz, Milena Cestao, Tommaso Tessitori, Anna Marienfeld, Dominik Hertrich
Assistant Director & Lighting Design: Mirko Krejci
Photos: Karel Vanek, Andreas Wichmann

Supported by:
Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Cologne, Cultural Affairs Office of the City of Bonn, Regional Cultural Program of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Nippes District Council, RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur, Regionalverband Ruhr, Streamdust.tv