- 01.07.2023,
Unfortunately, due to illness, the performances of “It’s Going To Get Dark” by Samara Hersch must be cancelled without replacement.
Tickets already purchased can be returned via ticket@buehnen-frankfurt.de or at the box office.
The events were originally scheduled to take place 01.07., 15.00, 02.07., 16.00 and 03.07., 19.30 at Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm.
Whether it is night obscuring day, or the unease associated with what we cannot see or foresee – many people are afraid of the dark. ‘It’s Going to Get Dark’ is the title of the latest theater work by Samara Hersch, in which a remarkable cast of young people and seniors meet to listen to each other in the dark and begin an unexpected conversation. The performance seeks out connections and tensions between the generations, as they reflect on how life and identities are shaped by time. Can darkness be a space that strengthens curiosity, intimacy, resilience, and solidarity?
For all people from age 14
Duration: ca. 90 Min.
Language: German
German premiere
Cast & Credits
Concept and Direction: Samara Hersch
Scenography: Belle Santos
Lighting Design: Emese Csornai
Dramaturgy: Maria Rößler
Associate Artist: Tchelet Weisstub
Sound Design: Matthias Schack-Arnott
Creative Technologist: Fred Rodrigues
Stage Construction and Management: Nevo Bar
Lighting Consultant: Jenny Hector
Producer: Freya Waterson
Artistic associate and Community Support: Cassandra Fumi, Leive Fikkers and Zsofia Paczolay
Artistic Advice: Edit Kaldor, Richard Gregory and Aaron Orzech
Producer: Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam (NL)
Co-production partners: Brut Vienna (AT), SPRING Per-forming Arts Festival (NL), Theater der Welt 2023 in Frankfurt – Offenbach (DE) and Hyperlocal (AU), a joint program with Australian venues Abbotsford Convent, Dancehouse, Darebin Arts and the Substation, produ-ced by Performing Lines
With generous support by Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig (DE), Creative Europe project ACT: Art, Climate and Transition (EU) and Australia Council for the Arts (AU) and BUDA Kunstencentrum Arts Centre (BE).
„Theater der Welt Frankfurt-Offenbach 2023“, ein Festival des Internationalen Theaterinstituts (ITI), wird veranstaltet von Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main, Schauspiel Frankfurt und Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt, in Kooperation mit dem Amt für Kultur- und Sportmanagement der Stadt Offenbach am Main. Gefördert durch die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, das Hessische Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, die Stadt Frankfurt am Main – Dezernat für Kultur und Wissenschaft und den Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
Biography
Samara Hersch
The theater maker Samara Hersch divides her time between the Netherlands and Naarm (Melbourne). In her artistic practice contemporary performance intersects with social engagement. She devises formats in which non-professional performers and audiences encounter each other in unlikely and intimate settings. With works such as ‘Sex and Death’ (2016), ‘We All Know What’s Happening’ (2018) and ‘Body of Knowledge’ (2019), she has been focusing on intergenerational exchange. Hersch studied at DAS Theater in Amsterdam and is currently Artist in Residence at the production house Theater Rotterdam.