Two young women from different cultural worlds meet in a mystical place outside of time and space, where nothing seems impossible.
In this environment, important female figures such as the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut, Jacky Onassis Kennedy and Joan of Arc gradually appear to them. The encounters lead to reflections on patriarchy, power, war and love and the question of whether we can really hope for a more just world.
At the beginning, the play uses augmented reality – a technology in which digital elements are added to the real environment using special glasses. This also raises questions about the possibilities and limits of digitally reviving the deceased. Can we bring loved ones back from death, overcome farewells, find comfort? At least digitally?
An intense theater experience in mixed reality.
differs from VR in that additional objects/avatars are added to the real world in AR. The reality is expanded. The artists and coders of the boat people project are responsible for the AR effects in the production: CLASH is the third production for which they are experimenting with AR glasses of the brand MAGIC LEAP. An app was specially programmed for the effects, the movements of the avatars were partly created using motion capture technology, and the objects were designed to match the piece. The dramaturgy follows an «open world format» – each visitor can explore the space at his or her own pace, there is no predefined sequence. Some of the objects and avatars are interactive, i.e. they react to hand or eye movements. It is therefore recommended to keep moving your hands and head to fully experience the immersive experience.
Rote Fabrik Zurich, Switzerland
26 September 2023 – Literature Podium Fabriktheater
lit.z – Stans
27 September 2023 – Reading and discussion
Rote Fabrik Zurich, Switzerland
22 September 2023 – Fabriktheater
A Reading and Discussion with Nora Amin and Irina Kastrinidis
D-CAF – Goethe-Institut in Dokki, Cairo
14 October 2023
Text world premiere
Nora Amin & Irina Kastrinidis
Directing
Peter Braschler
Dramaturgy | Cultural ConsultingSpecial Researches – Arab World
Maysoon Mahfouz
Ahmed El Attar – D-Caf-Festival
Cultural counseling & language
Taoufik Jebali, El Teatro, Tunis
Actresses
Meret Bodamer & Hadeer Moustafa
The Voice
Thea Dumsch, german
Maysoon Mahfouz, arabic
Composition / Production
Matthias Hillebrand-Gonzalez, phatm studio
Set Design
Stephan Schwendimann, möbel raum
Costume
Sabina Hexspoor, Tatmotiv
Lighting & technical management
Michael Omlin
Technique
Jan Gubser
Technical Director, Egypt: Mido Sadek
Technical Director, Tunisia: Walid Hassir
Video, visual effects, Social Media
Michel Weber
Design / Realisation Augmented Reality
Reimar de la Chevallerie, bpp, Göttingen
Nina de la Chevallerie, bpp, Göttingen
Concept Coding AR
Martin Wisniowski, bpp, Köln
3-D object modeling AR
Amer Okdeh, bpp, Berlin
Dance of the avatars for AR
Alena Pajasova
Speaker AR Space
Nora Amin
Graphics / Tagging
Remo Hexspoor
Arabic graphic
Hadi al Abudi
Social Media
Switzerland Remo Hexspoor
Germanv Birte Müchler
Egypt Nahla Soliman
Tunisia Rahma Fakhfakh
Videodok
Switzerland Roni Ulmann
Egypt Roby – Ahmed El Sayed
Production management
Theater Maralam
Co-production
Switzerland IG Rote Fabrik, Konzeptbüro, Zürich
Kyros Kikos, Dagmar Lorenz
Germanv boat people projekt, Göttingen
Nina de la Chevallerie, Birte Müchler
Egypt D-Caf Festival Cairo
Orient Productions, Cairo
Ahmed El Attar
MM for cultural management, Cairo
Maysoon Mahfouz
Tunisia El Teatro Tunis
Taoufiq Jebali, Founder an Artistic Director
Sourour Jebali, Director of Productions
Inès Jebali, Directions of Finance and Administration
Yousra Ammouri, International coordination
© Performance rights Nora Amin – Irina Kastrinidis
In Memoriam Zeyneb Farhat, El Teatro Tunis
IG Rote Fabrik, Konzeptbüro, Zurich I Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zurich I Ernst Göhner Stiftung I boat people projekt, Göttingen I Fonds Darstellende Künste, Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur I Hanns-Lilje-Stiftung I Sparkasse Göttingen I Kulturstiftung Göttingen I Goethe Institut Kairo I Austrian Cultural Forum Cairo I MM for cultural management, Cairo I Gönner:innen Theater Maralam I Trans Sped AG, Zurich I A&S Immobilien GmBH I Mufag
