Mit anderen Augen

In the organizer's words:

"Hello darkness, my old friend"

We live in a society of sighted people. From "goodbye" to "blind alarm" to "love at first sight", our language is full of metaphors of seeing. Knowledge and reason are associated with light and sight, while immaturity and irrationality are associated with images of blindness and darkness. The world of blindness is unknown to most of us, our lives are based on sight. But what happens when this condition is not met? What space are blind or visually impaired people in? What does time mean to them? What do sounds and noises tell them? Can you see with your ears?
These and other questions are explored in "With different eyes", a touching theatrical collage of songs, texts, images, sounds and sensory impressions that poetically delves into the world of blindness. In this musical evening, texts by blind and visually impaired people and the lyrics of the songs sung live direct our thoughts, our feelings and our perception away from the visual and towards other senses such as hearing. Not as a substitute, perhaps as a benefit. The eight players and musicians find themselves in a space that moves between darkness, blurriness, bright light and the absence of strong colors. The production aims to make the performance accessible to non-sighted viewers, also with the help of audio description. More than worth seeing!

Director Selen Kara has been staging plays for more than ten years at renowned theaters such as Theater Bremen, Nationaltheater Mannheim, Schauspielhaus Bochum and Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. She approaches her themes and material, which range from contemporary novels to classical and modern drama, with sensitivity and a clear ethical compass. She has a long-standing partnership with musician Torsten Kindermann, which has resulted in the theater evenings "Istanbul" and "Mit anderen Augen", among others, which touch and inspire audiences in many places. Selen Kara has been invited to the "Radikal jung" festival several times and has been co-director of Schauspiel Essen since 2023.

The world premiere took place at Schauspielhaus Bochum in 2022.