The corona lockdown interrupts work on a Cottbus State Theatre production about German attitudes towards forests. A crew is sent is to document the production process. How do you rehearse whilst observing social distancing and wearing a mask, is disinfectant a good prop and how can the creative process, by definition open and full of room for improvisation, coexist with strict requirements and controls?
On the other hand, one might argue that the pandemic returned us to the essentials: isn't this, after all, the key to our relationship with nature? Big philosophical questions and thoughts mix with everyday observations. Sensitivities, vanity, jealousy. In the staged interview sequences, captured in reality TV style, the speakers reflect on issues of power and gender, whilst others question the theatre's role as an institution.
Within a remarkably short time-frame the Cottbus Theatre reacted to an existential situation, came up with a new approach and displayed the courage to attempt an artistic experiment. A hybrid that, like the pandemic itself, calls old certainties into question. Some of them are essential for the operation of the site, while others help us to improve this site and the user experience tracking cookies.
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