Notes on sensitive content and sensory stimuli
Given the diversity of our audiences, we are aware that certain themes and representations in festival productions may evoke very different reactions depending on individual experiences and dispositions.
To help you make informed decisions in advance, we have decided to provide specific content notes. Themes identified by the festival team and/or the artists as potentially sensitive include: physical, emotional, or sexualised violence, death, war, discrimination and nudity. Sensory stimuli may include intense lighting effects (e.g. strobe lights), total blacks, loud sounds (e.g. gunshots, sudden noises), stage fog, or similar elements as well as physical contact and interaction.
These notes are intended to give potential visitors the opportunity to decide for themselves whether they wish to engage with these themes and/or whether a particular performance is suitable for them. Because content notes may reveal aspects of the production, we leave it up to each visitor to choose whether or not to read them. Health-related information that may be relevant is listed directly on the individual event pages.
As there is a wide range of sensitive content, the rating and detail of content notes may vary accordingly. If you have any questions or feedback, please feel free to contact us at barrierefrei@figuren.theater.festival.de
Akhe | White Cabin
Stage fog is used in the production.
Chisato Minamimura | Scored in Silence
This production addresses war, violence, discrimination and marginalisation.
Compagnie Modo Grosso | Tout | Rien [Alles | Nichts]
This production contains complete darkness.
Compagnie Mossoux-Bonté | Die neuesten Halluzinationen von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren
The production contains scenes with nudity.
Christoph Bochdansky | Die Geister, die wir rufen – rufen zurück
Stage fog is used in the production.
Eva Mario Hasler | Big Show – A Great Show
Stage fog is used in the production.
Eva Meyer-Keller | Turn The P/Age
The performance explores themes of age discrimination and sexism. The production involves strong scents; at the beginning, a mixture of eucalyptus, mint, and orange is boiled, and disinfectants are used repeatedly. Additionally, there is a short but intense musical segment featuring loud sounds and singing.
Kate McIntosh | Lake Life
The performance is participative, with light physical contact. The performance includes periods of low light, and occasional loud sounds.
Loci Kollektiv | Das Haus der Frau L
Physical and psychological violence, murder, genocide and anti-Semitism are addressed but not visualised during the performance.
Mallika Taneja | Be careful
The production contains scenes with nudity and deals with sexual violence against women.
Maxim Storms | Nuggets
Strobe effects and stage fog are used during the performance.
Nadia Beugré | Filles-Pétroles [Brennende Mädchen]
The performers interact with the audience.
O-Team | Woanders
Stage fog is used in the production.
Rabih Mroué | Before Falling Seek the Assistance of Your Cane
War, bombing and flight are addressed and negotiated in the lecture performance. Drawings and photographs of bombs and air raids can be seen.
Robbert&Frank Frank&Robbert | Wood – Table Dialogues
Participants will wear VR glasses, move around the space and interact through light touch. There will be a teac ceremony before the performance – allergy information: black tea, ginger, laphsang suhsong, bamboo soot, licorice, honey, birch juice, birch wood, dried mushrooms, green tea.
Theater Kuckucksheim | Waldstock
Stage fog, total blacks and loud music are used in the production.
Theater Kuckucksheim | Waldstock
Stage fog, total blacks and loud music are used in the production.