UWE:festival – Versuche einer Witterungslehre

In the organizer's words:

An international theater festival organized and curated by students of the Bavarian Theatre Academy August Everding in Munich!

Use of stroboscopic light effects and loud and long-lasting sound effects!

Deutsch mit englischen Übertiteln / German with English subtitles

While for a long time divine arbitrariness or magic were held responsible for the weather, the Enlightenment held out the prospect of controlling the weather with increasing understanding. The first evidence of this early weather research is Goethe's Versuch einer Witterungslehre (1825). This text aims to explain the climate in its wider context through precise observation. In doing so, he develops great poetic power, even if the attempt itself has failed from the point of view of modern science.

In a poetic arc of images, Jakob Altmayer and his team approach the increasing loss of control that we are currently experiencing as a result of the noticeable change in weather conditions. Although today's meteorological calculations are more accurate than those of Goethe, the weather is increasingly slipping away from us and confronting us with our human dependence and vulnerability to the weather around us.
Beyond catastrophic narratives, the production searches for hope that arises from recognizing the unavailability of the weather.

With the support of the Stiftung Kulturelle Erneuerung and the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.

UWE:festival 2025 | Uwe

Price information:

8 € / reduced € 4 (25% discount on the full price for bookings of five or more performances)