The Hour at the Bottom

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The hour at the bottom

A playful show about nothing more serious than the human condition and how to make sense of it all

Premiere: Saturday, May 9, 2026, 8:00 pm
Second performance: Sunday, May 10, 2026, 7:00 pm
Meeting with the artists: Sunday, May 10, 2026, 3:00 pm as part of "OFFENES WERK"

Free admission - we look forward to receiving reservations by May 8 at tickets@zentralwerk.de.

Language: English with German subtitles
Duration: 90 minutes

The Hour at the Bottom

A playful show about something as serious as the human condition and how to make sense of it all

Premiere: Saturday, May 9, 2026, 8:00 PM
Second show: Sunday, May 10, 2026, 7:00 PM
Meet the artists: Sunday, May 10, 2026, 3:00 PM, as part of "OFFENES WERK"

Admission is free - we look forward to reservations until May 8th at tickets@zentralwerk.de.

Language: English with German subtitles
Duration: 90 minutes

The fact that our lives are finite, that they are measured in years, days, minutes and seconds, is a heavy burden. In the universe we enter, two people are thrown into a compressed version of life, without rules or apparent meaning.
They have a timeline: In 70 minutes, their time will be up, and they will cease to exist. To cope with this fact, they invent tasks to understand what it means to live a meaningful life, to be satisfied with the time you have and the actions you take. How do you get to a place where you can say: This is it, and it's enough?
"The Hour at the Bottom" was co-written by Sonia Antinori (Italy) and Matilda Klamas (Sweden). It is an artistic collaboration that explores the inevitable passage of time, the struggle to make a difference and the courage to look into the void without batting an eyelid.
On stage, the text is brought to life by actors Matilda Bördin (Sweden) and Andrea Callegarin (Italy), who bring the philosophical questions about human existence into the here and now.

The fact that our life is finite, that it is measured in years, days, minutes and seconds is a hard burden to carry. In the universe we enter two persons are thrown into a condensed version of life, without rules or any obvious meaning.
They have a timeline, in 70 minutes their time is up and they will exist no more. To cope with that fact they are inventing tasks to understand what it is to live a meaningful life, to be satisfied with the time you have and the actions you take. How do you reach a place where you can say: this is it, and it is enough?
The Hour at the Bottom is co-written by Sonia Antinori (Italy) and Matilda Klamas (Sweden). It is an artistic collaboration exploring the inevitable progression of time, the struggle to make an impact and the courage to stare into the void without batting an eye.
On stage, the text is brought to life by the actors Matilda Bördin (Sweden) and Andrea Callegarin (Italy), calling the philosophical questions about the human condition into the here and now.

Autorinnen und Regisseurinnen / Written and directed: Sonia Antinori, Matilda Klamas
Darsteller:innen / Performed by: Matilda Bördin, Angelo Callegarin
Produktionsteam / Production team: Sara Östebro, Barbara Lubich mit der Unterstützung von / in cooperation with Bettina Lehmann, Christian Palmizi
Technik | Technician: Andreas Großmann, Anne Klein
Übersetzung der Untertitel / Translation into subtitles: Birthe Mühlhoff

The show is an international co-production, produced by the cultural organizations MALTE (Italy), Teater Nu (Sweden) and Zentralwerk e.V. (Germany) as part of the project TESTART (Testing new skills for the circulation of innovative co-creation methods in the performing Arts sector), co-financed by Creative Europe and coordinated by Consorzio Marche Spettacolo (Italy).

The performance is an international co-production, produced by the cultural organizations MALTE (Italy), Teater Nu (Sweden) and Zentralwerk e.V. (Germany) in the framework of the project TESTART (Testing new skills for the circulation of innovative co-creation methods in the performing Arts sector), co-financed by Creative Europe and coordinated by Consorzio Marche Spettacolo (Italy).