The Time Machine
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The Time Machine
(c) Rimini Protokoll / mit KI erstellt
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The Time Machine
based on the novel by H.G. Wells
By Helgard Haug mit Musik von Barbara Morgenstern
A scientist fulfills a dream of mankind, builds a time machine - and ends up in paradise: In the year 802,701, people live in almost childlike impartiality, freed from hunger, wage labor and violence. Or so it seems. But the longer his stay lasts, the more the time traveler must realise: The beautiful appearance is deceptive. Deep underground, in pitch-black tunnels between roaring machines, exists a second society. And the creatures on the surface? They are little more than their food. Time to get out of there. But where is the time machine?
With THE TIME MACHINE, H.G. Wells created the first novel in literary history in which a person travels into the future by technical means - without God or higher powers. Based on this, Helgard Haug and her team scroll along the timeline, from 1895 to 802,701 and far beyond: What did the future of humanity look like more than 100 years ago? What is it like today? And is it even possible to imagine a future that is more than a remix of our present?
An evening about mankind and its possibilities, about the limits of science and imagination, based on the novel by H.G. Wells.
With: Torben Appel, Markus Paul, Lucie Thiede and Susann Thiede
and the 'Timemashine Choir'
Composition and Live Music: Barbara Morgenstern
Stage, video: Marc Jungreithmeier
Costumes, props: Tatjana Kautsch, Dominik Steinmann
Artistic collaboration: Milli Keil
on Video / consultation:
Prof. Dr. Martin Butz (University of Tübingen),
Dr. Florence Gaub (NATO Defense College Rom),
Prof. Dr. Annika Jahnke (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ),
Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel),
Prof. Dr. Dr. med. Frank Rühli (University of Zurich),
Prof. Dr. Astrid Schwarz (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg),
Clemens Winkler (Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity)
Intern: Julie Marečková
Music rights: Barbara Morgenstern © Maobeat Musikverlag/Budde Music Publishing GmbH
Thanks to: RSC Cottbus (Dirk Engler, Axel Viertler, as well as the cyclists in the training group „sprint"), Archive of the City of Cottbus (Ricardo Wanke), City Museum of Cottbus (Robert Büschel), Clockmaker Handrick, Mayor's Office Cottbus (Denis Kettlitz), José D. Cojal González (Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity), German Museum of Masterpieces of Science and Technology in Munich