OPEN STUDIO – A collaborative theater lab for staging with sound

«Toi (fel), Toi (fel), Toi (fel)»
Anna Papst / Vincent Glanzmann

An invitation to listen – four groups of artists explore how sound can be staged in Dimitri de Perrot's OPEN STUDIO and share their search for new forms of theatre in public performances.

  • Thu 26/02 20:00

    Südbühne

  • Fri 27/02 20:00

    Südbühne

  • Sat 28/02 18:00

    Südbühne

In their OPEN STUDIO, Anna Papst and Vincent Glanzmann explore Papst's text ‘Toi (fel), Toi (fel), Toi (fel)’. Copyright: Dimitri de Perrot

In OPEN STUDIO, artists from various disciplines collaborate with sound artist, director and stage designer Dimitri de Perrot to explore productions that use sound as a central creative element. They develop ideas, perspectives and artistic approaches: How can sound be used to think, create and tell stories?

In their OPEN STUDIO, director, author and dramaturge Anna Papst and multidisciplinary artist Vincent Glanzmann work on Papst's new text ‘Toi (fel), Toi (fel), Toi (fel)’. Two people who have been friends for many years meet here. A wound gapes between them. Amrei, their former fellow student, is dead. She died of an addiction that hardly anyone knew about, lonely in the city where all three of them lived. Their attempt to talk about pain and guilt leads them from one pub to the next and, after curfew, from the riverbank to the motorway bridge. 

Using the sound recording and playback technology borrowed from Dimitri de Perrot's project ‘Niemandsland’ (No Man's Land), Papst and Glanzmann take the audience on an acoustic tour through neighbourhoods and emotional states. Text and sound create a permeable scene between inner life and the outside world, allowing listeners to be directly present as the two bereaved stagger between tender memories and bitter remorse, between farewell and incomprehension.

Please note: The title and content of the event have changed. The event was previously called ‘Unerhört, ungestört’ (Unheard, undisturbed).

Information on accessibility and language

  • Stepless access

  • Recommended for ages 14 and up

For over ten years, sound artist Dimitri de Perrot has been exploring the intersection of sound, space and staging with his creations. OPEN STUDIO is a project that represents the logical progression of this practice – and an artistic act of sharing. Here, de Perrot invites other artists to explore the possibilities of sound-based narrative forms in their own language and aesthetic.

The topics range from transnational distance (RRRRRR Collective) to the loss of a friend (Papst/Glanzmann) to the experiences of Black people in Europe (Fazil On Yu) and the invisibility of marginalised identities (Zainab J Lascandri). All projects are based on biographical fragments, interviews or personal archives and transform them into poetically condensed sound spaces.

It's worth coming back several times:

‘OPEN STUDIO: Until They Hear Black Voices’ by Fazil On Yu
26, 27, 28 March 2026

Copyright: Samuele Cherubini

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