Constant Companions

Description

Theater Kanton Zürich guest at Theater Rigiblick. "My God, what will happen when you start lying too? If we can't even trust machines anymore." - From "Constant Companions" Lorraine is a successful lawyer and in a very bad mood on her 60th birthday. Her marriage to Conrad is currently at a low point and there is no reason to celebrate. Jan60, the android janitor of her office complex, is not programmed for this, and he has of course activated all congratulation actions. At the same time, IT technician Winston was called by Andrea DeSantos to examine and reprogram her android maid. The problem: The android housekeeper is supposed to have formed an emotional connection with her seventeen-year-old son. Winston faces a technical challenge that unexpectedly touches him. He really can't help his friend Don, who constantly calls him for advice on how to assemble the parts of his brand-new robot model. In a humorous web of desires and misunderstandings, Alan Ayckbourn offers a funny look into the future in his current play: "Are we really ready for an encounter with another species that we have created ourselves and that will inevitably prove to be much more intelligent than us someday?" Cast and additional information: Featuring Katharina von Bock, Michael von Burg, Axel Julius Fündeling, Pit-Arne Pietz, Vanessa Bärtsch, Anna Hofmann. Direction: Rüdiger Burbach. Stage and costumes: Beate Fassnacht. Music: Emanuel David Steffen. Lighting: Patrick Hunka. Dramaturgy: Wolfgang Stockmann. Assistant director: Cybèle Zinsli. Guest performance by Theater Kanton Zürich