Grabenland (AT)

Description

An agglomeration community is on the verge of breaking apart. The municipal council agrees: The polarization has reached a scale that is no longer sustainable. A city-country divide runs right through the community, along with a rich-poor divide, a left-right divide, a divide between long-time residents and newcomers, between dairy farmers and vegans. The urban communication agency NOW is invited to the multi-purpose hall to level these divides. From the senior creative director to the intern, the four staff members dive into the work. They discuss filter bubbles, radicalization, and their influence on our coexistence, accompanied by the agency's own band, which comments on the process musically. Béla Rothenbühler (Swiss Literature Prize Winner 2025) crafts a fast-paced, darkly humorous, and absurd parable: "Grabenland (AT)" tells of people arguing over the torn fabric of the world — with the hope that all the opinions and dissonances might still form a choir: dissonant but lively. Language:
German & Swiss German Age recommendation:
from 14 years Duration:
approx. 1 hour 30 minutes Featuring: Johanna Dähler, Jonas Gygax, Alexander Maria Schmidt, & NN.
Band: Pascal Dick (guitar, bass), J. J. Löw (drums, bass, synthesizer) & Andrea Thoma (composition, vocals, bass, synthesizer).
Text & song lyrics: Béla Rothenbühler.
Director: Manuel Bürgin.
Stage: Andreas Bächli & Jonas Darvas.
Dramaturgy: Maria Ursprung.
Production management: Andrea Brunner & Eleni Foskett-Prelorentzos.
Technical & lighting: Andreas Bächli & Jonas Schaller.
Production: Theater Marie & Neues Theater.
Co-production: Kurtheater Baden & Bühne Aarau.

Highlights

• Play with dispute singing by Béla Rothenbühler
• With musical accompaniment by the agency's own band
• Age recommendation from 14 years

General Information

"Grabenland (AT)" is a play that addresses polarization within a community. The performance lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes and is presented in German and Swiss German.

Location

Apfelhausenweg 20, 5000 Aarau, Switzerland

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