VERSCHWINDEN /
2007
EMT / John Birke
Coproduction FFT Düsseldorf, Sophiensaele Berlin, Brut Wien und TEXTxtnd
Frankfurt, funded by Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Premiere: September 27, 2007 / FFT / Düsseldorf / D
Oliver Augst (voice/electronics/stage design)
John Birke (text/voice)
Marcel Daemgen (sampling/keyboars/electronics)
Thomas Dézsy (organ/song-composition)
Michaela Ehinger (voice/play)
A man disappeared. Was he kidnapped? Or killed? Has he escaped? Has he somehow
dissolved or fled to a parallel universe?
"Symphony of word and sound” (NRZ), “Entertaining, always
surprising, this production takes you to parallel worlds. Magic tricks included.” (WZ), “The
viewer has to decide for himself where to direct his attention. The ensemble's
accomplishment is that it manages to maintain the narrative thread. At the
end, one realization remains: I had always tried to escape, but again and
again I came back to myself.” (Rheinische Post), "Verschwinden" is
a tightly knit piece of intelligent music theater. The text becomes the score.
This musical collage - from aggressive to harmonic, from trash to delicate
- functions as a living archive and is highly performative, just like the
musical language.” (CORPUS)
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