co-pro
2077 -
Who wants to survive
a palestinian-german coproduction
"My name is Harry Harrison. I'm a detective. Private detective, if you want to get specific. Not only the best in the whole enclave - but the cheapest. The only one, anyway. The only one alive, to be exact. Well, it's a tough job. And you go through tough times. But the toughest day for me was yesterday. Where do I start? For some time, people disappeared. Just like that. Nobody knew why. They just disappeared. And anyone could be next."
The year is 2077, and after humanity has conquered poverty, disease, and hunger, and dissolved nation-states, the world's elites set out to achieve immortality, eternal happiness, and biotechnical optimization. The more success they have in this endeavor, the more humans become obsolete. With the help of cyborgs and artificial intelligence, the elites get rid of this "useless mass" and lock them up by the millions in enclaves that are sealed off from the rest of the world by high walls. In these mega-ghettos, poverty, disease and hunger are making a huge comeback - there is no thought of an ordinary life there. In the juggernaut of such an enclave, detective Harold Harrison investigates ...
2077" takes up highly topical contemporary phenomena and plays with scientifically based visions of the future. These are packaged as an English-language monologue with only one actor. It becomes dystopian, a bit dark - and very entertaining!
Team
ACTING Emile Andre Saba // TEXT Bayan Shbib // Simon Eifeler // MUSIC Christian Beppo Peters // DIRECTING AND IDEA Simon Eifeler // DRAMATURGY Iman Aoun // CULTURAL MANAGEMENT Viola Hilbing // Janna Hüttebräucker // Samer Maklouf // Lisa Lehnen
The piece...
... is a coproduction in fair cooperation between bridgeworks, dem fred / freies ensemble düsseldorf, Al-Kasaba Theatre and Cinemateque and Ashtar Theatre Ramallah.
... developed out of our intensive cooperation with our partners in Ramallah.
... the piece in arabic language has already been shown several times at different locations in Palestine.
Gallery
photos: Christof Wolff
25.10.2026 - 8:00 pm
Cologne - Studio Trafique
24.10.2026 - 8:00 pm
Cologne - Studio Trafique
03.10.2026 - 9:00 pm
Pleasance Theatre – Main House, London, as part of the PalArt Festival
03.10.2026 - 3:30 pm
Pleasance Theatre – Main House, London, as part of the PalArt Festival
02.10.2026 - 9:45 pm
Pleasance Theatre – Main House, London, as part of the PalArt Festival
01.10.2026 - 9:45 pm
Pleasance Theatre – Main House, London, as part of the PalArt Festival
30.09.2026 - 9:45 pm
Pleasance Theatre – Main House, London, as part of the PalArt Festival
11.02.2026
Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, Belgium
02.10.2023
Cairo International Monodrama Festival, Cairo, Egypt
12.07.2023
Al Rahala Festival for Open Spaces, Amman, Jordan
04.06.2023
Liebig Café, Cologne, as part of Art Lab 2023
03.12.2022
Kulturbunker Köln-Mülheim, Cologne
02.12.2022
Kulturbunker Köln-Mülheim, Cologne
01.12.2022
Kulturbunker Köln-Mülheim, Cologne
26.11.2022
Al Khashabi Theatre, Haifa, Israel
24.11.2022
Al-Haneen Theatre, Nazareth
06.07.2022
Youth Theatre Festival, Municipality, Ramallah, West Bank
22.06.2022
Freedom Theatre Jenin, relocated to Ashtar Theatre, Ramallah, West Bank
14.06.2022
El Hakawati Theatre, Jerusalem, Israel
16.03.2022
Mustwda Cultural Space, Ramallah, West Bank
03.03.2022
Qattan Cultural Center, Ramallah, West Bank
24.02.2022
Jerusalem
03.02.2022
Ramallah
11.12.2021
Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
11.12.2021
Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
10.12.2021
Theatermuseum Düsseldorf, Premiere
