Showcase Beat Le Mot

Die Stadt & The City – Ein analoges Live-Game im Stadtraum

  • Game
  • Performance
German /  English /  approx. 60 mins.

In their new performance, Showcase Beat Le Mot explore the theme of a divided society and invite the audience to direct the performers themselves.

What if there were more than just the visible world? 

What if there were a world where rich people only sail on their own yachts and jet around in their private planes, and we never even catch a glimpse of them? And we’d never see poor people either, because they live deep underground and move so slowly that we mistake them for trees? What if there were no such thing as “we,” but this were just an invention of people who want to point at “others”?

What if we could send our own avatars through a pedestrian zone and have them attacked by monsters that can only be stopped by a dance troupe? What if there were a second city right next to our visible one, where different rules and laws apply, and only the audience’s intervention and actions open a portal between the two cities? And what if this isn’t just a game?

Team

Artistic Direction, concept & execution: Showcase Beat Le Mot / Music: Santiago Blaum / Choreography: Tamara Saphir & Tatiana Saphir / Costume: Alexej Tchernyi / Stunt choreography: Zaman Atam / Artistic collaboration: Christopher-Felix Hahn, Florian Feigl / Production management: Olaf Nachtwey / Performance: Frank Eisenkraut, Carolina Gonzalez, Lydia Graßmann, Daniel Hoff, Mirijam Verena Jeremic, Senta Kipping, Arturo Lugo, Elena Molle, Tiziano Portas, Elise Richter, David Schmidt, Laura Schröder, Elisabetta Solin, Benjamin Goldby, Projekt Kiezchor

Dates

Current
  • Premiere
    Thu 2.7.2026, 17:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)
  • Thu 2.7.2026, 19:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)
  • Fri 3.7.2026, 18:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)
  • Fri 3.7.2026, 20:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)
  • Sat 4.7.2026, 16:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)
  • Sat 4.7.2026, 18:00 / M40 (Hallesches Ufer 40)

Further Information

Visitor note

The event takes place partly outdoors, even during rainy weather. The audience will be in a covered area during the event.
Should the event have to be canceled due to particularly adverse weather conditions, you will be notified via email or on the HAU website no later than 2 hours before the respective event. You will then receive a refund for the ticket(s) you purchased.

Price: 15 €, reduced 9 €

Credits

Production: Showcase Beat Le Mot. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Theater Magdeburg. Funded by: Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe. Supported by: Nationale Performance Netz – Dance Co-production Fund, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.

Location

HAU3000 / Positions, Projects, Publications

The Glowing Room

Text by Hendrik Otremba.

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