„Über die Auswirkung der Zentrifugalkraft auf die Augenstellung beim Fisch oder hast du etwas gesagt, nein du?“ Bühnenbild zu einer Stückentwicklung von Leo Schenkel (HfMdK) in Frankfurt

LAB Hall 2, Frankfurt am Main
The content of the play development takes place in a congress situation in which various experts are invited. They are prepared to give their presentations in front of an enthusiastic audience. However, the audience is not present, so the experts almost manically vent their enriched energy on each other. The dialogues consist of intertwining headlines and related topics, leaps of thought and staged self-presentation.
Rehearsals for this project were interrupted in March due to Covid-19 and resumed in June under certain conditions. Rules such as distances of 1.5 to 6 metres for chants and singing, ventilation and special seating were subliminally integrated into the stage and content. The entire stage set was stretched out and divided into three spatial situations. On the playing area, there were invisible orientation aids for the actors.
Staging and reality played side by side and formed a complex performance. This correlation was repeated in the designed programme booklets in the audience seats. The audience found themselves both in the role of the play's visitors and as the invisible missing participants of the congress.