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«WO IST WALD?»
makemake productions

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An invitation to discover the forest ecosystem through spoken and sign language, from a wide range of perspectives.

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  • Thu 01/0410:00–11:00

    Halle

    School performance

  • Fri 02/0410:00–11:00

    Halle

    School performance

  • Sat 03/0416:00–17:00

    Halle

makemake productions takes the audience on a journey through the forest ecosystem. Copyright: Apollonia Theresa Bitzan
  • Translation in DSGS
  • German spoken language
  • Steplessly accessible
  • All Ages

Everything grows, a forest emerges. It is only a matter of time. The stone says it has been lying here for a very, very long time. The spruce says it has been standing on this stone for three generations. The bark beetle says it is only stopping by briefly. The anthill moves less often, the individual ant constantly. The wild boars say they will be moving on soon. The fungi say they are everywhere and know almost everything.

There are many perspectives in a forest; the human perspective is only one of them. Who decides what the forest should look like? Who encounters whom in the forest? What can be perceived through which senses?

Moving between sign language, spoken language and body language, makemake embarks on a humorous adventure into the forest as a habitat.

Information on accessibility 

  • Barrier-Free Access

  • Duration: 60 minutes, no intermission

  • Language: In German spoken language and Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS)

  • For sold-out performances, we reserve a small number of accessible seats (wheelchair spaces & beanbag chairs). We ask that individuals with accessibility needs contact kasse@gessnerallee.ch.

  • There are many animals and plants living in the forest.

    They all live differently and see the forest differently.


    The play asks questions:

    • Who lives in the forest?

    • Who does the forest belong to?

    • How do animals and plants experience the forest?

    • And how do people experience the forest?

    The makemake theatre group presents a fun journey through the forest.

    The performers use their voices, their hands and their bodies to communicate.

    They also use sign language.

    This is a language of the hands.

    Many deaf people use this language.

  • Concept:makemake produktionen
    Performance & Creation:Pam Eden, Nora Jacobs, Martina Rösler, Johanna Wolff
    Text and Dramaturgy:Anita Buchart, Mika Tacke
    Composition:Elise Yuki Mory
    Stage:Mirjam Stängl
    Costume:Maria-Lena Poindl
    Final Direction:Kathrin Herm
    Production:Julia Haas
    Communication:Magdalena Fibich
    Directing Assistance:Tara Luger
    Stage and Costume Assistance:Lucia Herber
    Interpretation in DSGS:tbc

  • The Viennese artists’ collective makemake produktionen, or simply makemake [makeˈmake], is not a physical place. makemake is a space for thinking from which concrete, highly physical, colourful and overgrown theatre productions emerge. It is a collective. A process with many minds, a ‘we’. makemake layers, the audience chooses where to look.

    At the heart of makemake are six theatre-makers who continuously shape its artistic practice: Michèle Rohrbach (acting), Nanna Neudeck (set design), Martina Rösler (choreography/performance), Anita Buchart (dramaturgy), Mika Tacke (dramaturgy) and Julia Haas (production).

    makemake overwhelms, layers and overwrites. makemake produktionen has been awarded the STELLA Performing Arts Prize for Young Audiences on several occasions. In 2018, ‘Muttersprache Mameloschn’ received the Nestroy Theatre Prize in the Best Off-Production category. ‘Das grosse Heft’, based on Ágota Kristóf’s work, was shortlisted for the 2020 Berlin Theatertreffen and nominated for the Nestroy Theatre Prize in the Best Off-Production category. The walk-through video installation ‘Weiter Leben’ was nominated for the Nestroy Theatre Prize in the Best Off-Production category in 2021.

  • Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien and BMWKMS - Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport

Copyright: Apollonia Theresa Bitzan

Copyright: Apollonia Theresa Bitzan

Copyright: Apollonia Theresa Bitzan

Copyright: Apollonia Theresa Bitzan

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