Una isla • Agrupación Señor Serrano

In the organizer's words:

What happens when an artificial intelligence designs a new world? The Spanish company Agrupación Señor Serrano has tried to find out with its fascinating theatrical means. The result is a visually stunning performance in which a utopian island emerges: with holograms and computer-generated videos. But who belongs to the new community? Even mosquitoes? Viruses? Poisonous plants? And what about hooligans who love Hawaiian pizza?

An AI has written part of the text and helped develop the choreography. We thus experience a dialog between man and machine, who initially set off together in search of a better and more peaceful world. Their conversation picks up speed just as rapidly as the increasingly astonishing projections and the people who move around in new biospheres.

Can man endure the loss of control? Perhaps they are the flaw in the system. In this way, this performance - not entirely unironically - also explores the relationship between man and technology in a new way. Whether this leads to paradise or catastrophe is up to the audience to decide.

Welcome to the island!

More information → kunstfestspiele.de/isla

Accompanying program
Talk
Fri 23.05. / after the performance
Friederike Westerhaus in conversation with...
Pau Palacios
Foyer Schauspielhaus (Free admission, in English)

Venue Schauspielhaus Hannover, Prinzenstraße 9, 30159 Hannover
Duration 1 h 5 min, no intermission
Language German

Accessibility
Access to the Schauspielhaus is barrier-free. Tickets for wheelchair-accessible seats are available via the Hannover State Theater webshop.

Price information:

20 / 30 / 40 Euro / reduced from 10 Euro (plus fees)