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LTS Matinée: Up-and-coming theatre professionals with their own view of the future of climate change

2023-06-10T10:14:13.852Z

Highlights: Three teams of young theatre professionals from renowned theatre training centres take a new look at the climate crisis. The world premiere of the special project "Everything has to change - NOW!" on June 9, 2023, at the Landestheater Schwaben was already sold out more than a week in advance. Three pieces have been created for Memmingen, which take us into three different worlds: into a future in which there is no more ice cream, into a forest in which a young law student talks to the trees and into a city apartment.



Three teams of young theatre professionals from renowned theatre training centres take a new look at the climate crisis and how it is dealt with in a political and social context. At the matinee, they aroused curiosity about the special format at the Landestheater Schwaben. © Tom Otto

Memmingen - The world premiere of the special project "Everything has to change - NOW!" on Friday, June 9, 2023, at the Landestheater Schwaben was already sold out more than a week in advance - this shows that the topic of "climate change" as well as the perspectives of young theatre professionals apparently have a high appeal. After all the constant political, cultural and media presence, this is surprising.

Three teams from the renowned art and theatre training institutions Berlin University, Baden-Württemberg Academy of Performing Arts and the August Everding Bavarian Theatre Academy are tackling climate change without pointing fingers. Three pieces have been created for Memmingen, which take us into three different worlds: into a future in which there is no more ice cream, into a forest in which a young law student talks to the trees and into a city apartment in which an answer to the question is sought: Should I save the world or my relationship?


At the matinee for the world premiere, the three teams under the direction of dramaturge Paula Regine Erb gave hints as to what the audience can expect. It is clear to everyone that failure to achieve the 1.5 degree climate target will have devastating consequences. And yet it seems that our society, and even more so the international community, is not capable of acting. At the same time, the climate crisis also acts as a catalyst for further crises – political, social and cultural. According to the young theatre teams, new narratives are needed in order to save something together. Emotional episodes have emerged, because the question "how can we still be happy in the face of the impending disaster" also needs an answer in order to become capable of acting.

The actors are apparently serious. They are not content with an imaginative, emotional and humorous depiction of the subject in the ivory tower of art. They are actually looking for the effect on the outside, the "impact" in the environment. On Thursday, June 15, 2023, at 18 p.m., there will be a discussion in the theater foyer with representatives of the Memmingen parties before the evening performance. Dramaturge Erb is curious about the parties' view, for example how new forms of protest should be dealt with.

And that's not all: On Saturday, June 17, 2023, the makers will continue to talk to the audience after the performance. The project was generously supported financially by the Friends of the Theatre.

Further performances

The other performance dates are at 20 p.m., unless otherwise stated: Sunday, June 11 | 19 p.m.; Thursday, June 15; Saturday, June 17; Sunday, June 18 |16 p.m.; Wednesday, June 21 and Friday, June 23.

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Source: merkur

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