On November 9, Die Tagesshow by Kevin Barz opened the newly created Digital Theatre division, which will support the existing five divisions of the Badisches Staatstheater as a centre of excellence from the 2024/25 season. In December and January, visitors will have the opportunity to see the play on 4 further dates.
Rosy times look different, let’s be honest. Climate change, war in the Middle East, imperial macho behaviour in Europe and Western complacency about prosperity don’t exactly make us look to the future with confidence. Sometimes you don’t even want to switch on the news any more, there are too many doomsday scenarios bombarding us. But what if the person behind the screen, always looking so serious, only had nice things to tell us? At least for a single programme? Deep fakes can turn us into Taylor Swift or dress the Pope in a white down coat. So why don’t we use this technique of digital deception to create our own truth? An attempt to deceive Germany’s most reputable news format, in which the audience takes on complicity live in the room and creates a different reality every evening. A plea in favour of lies!
In collaboration with the theatre.
Adapted from the Oldenburg State Theatre.
From the age of 12.
Dates: 20.12.24, 7 p.m., 30.12.24, 7 p.m. + 25.01.25, 7 p.m. + 31.01.25, 7 p.m.
Further information: https://www.staatstheater.karlsruhe.de/programm/info/3675/
