INTERNATIONAL SIGN COMING SOON*
VISUAL PERFORMANCE ABOUT WORDS AND LETTERS - FOR DEAF* AND HEARING AUDIENCES AGED 6 AND UP.
The age-Open perfOrmance O (the shOw) takes everyOne aged 6 and Over intO the imaginative wOrld Of letters, wOrds and their meanings. Starting frOm the fOrm O, Jan Kress, Julia Keren Turbahn and Jan ROzman tOgether with the audience test the limits Of Our cOmmunicatiOn and shOw in a playful way hOw flexible Our language can be.
What are letters actually made Of?
Cn w pt thm tgthr n nw wy?
Suar iebad tmmOk saw aj nnew dnu?
O! O? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
CREDITS
CONCEPT, CHOREOGRAPHY, PERFORMANCE Jan Kress, Jan ROzman, Julia Keren Turbahn / STAGE DESIGN Dan PikalO, Jan ROzman / LIGHT DESIGN Annegret Schalke / COSTUME DESIGN Tanja Padan / Kiss the Future / SOUND DESIGN Tim Schwerdter / O-SONG VOCALS, LYRICS Erik Leuthäuser / OUTSIDE EYE Rachell BO Clark, Eyk Kauly / ILLUSTRATION, GRAPHIC DESIGN Matija Medved / EDUCATIONAL THEATER COMPANION POSTER CharlOtte Bartesch, Julia Keren Turbahn / PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Alexander SchrÖder, Julia Keren Turbahn / INTERNSHIP Lynn Dambacher
Special thanks to Caterina Macht, Neely de Jong, Cora Tischmann, Ziv Frenkel, Rachell BO Clark, Johanna Benz, Ana Malalan and the entire FELD team, as well as the 3rd grade class of the Ernst-Adolf-Eschke School and the Robben Class of the Rosa-Parks Elementary School.
A production by Julia Keren Turbahn in co-production with FELD – Center for Young Performance. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion of the State of Berlin as part of the IMPACT funding program. With the support of SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Center Berlin
FESTIVALS
Bobri Festival, Ljubljana Slowenien (SL), Mai 2025
AUGENBLICK MAL! , Berlin (D), Mai 2025
POLITIK IM FREIEN THEATER, Leipzig (D), November 2025
Besondere Blickwinkel, Ingolstadt (D), März 2026
PREISE UND AUSZEICHNUNGEN
Auswahl Augenblick Mal! Festival 2023 , Berlin
EXCERPT JURY VOTE AUGENBLICK MAL!:
[...] “O (die shOw)” manages to spark the imagination of its young audience whilst simultaneously involving them as active participants in the action on stage. Through participatory games, the children are invited to step into the role of researchers themselves, exploring the building blocks of language alongside the artists: What are letters made of? How are words formed? How do they change through movement and expression?
Particularly noteworthy is the inclusion of sign language, which forms an essential building block of the story. The piece demonstrates how differently communication and understanding can function. The playful exploration of complex relationships and the imaginative questioning of communication foster a curiosity about the versatility of language.
With this performance, the team at ‘O (die shOw)’ succeeds in creating a special, almost magical atmosphere that impresses the audience and opens up a new, creative perspective on the possibilities of language – and not just through speech.
Mariella Pierza
O (the shOw)
