In challenging and intensifying times, times of exacerbating climate change and mass extinction, geopolitical wars and the rise of authoritarian regimes, emotions arise. On one hand: overwhelm, disturbance and and a feeling of futility. On the other hand, this situation encourages people to tackle change and embrace responsibility in social movements.
In Electrifying Sadness, we move around a weeping willow on stage, which serves us as an archive of sorrow and resilience. Through letters that sometimes tell of exhaustion and sometimes confidence, and through lamentations and movements, we explore the weeping willow's many branches. A tense web of visible and audible emotions fills the space between the stage and the audience. We explore the connection between hidden and shared sentiments of grief, disruption and unrest. We ask ourselves what kind of creative, political and transformative potential is stored in our feelings?

Sensory stimuli and content notes: strobe lighting.

Concept: Mikosch Loutsenko and partners-in-crime
Performance: Lélia Brigatti, Till Bürgin, Mikosch Loutsenko
Dramaturgy & Production: Lagha Ghavam and Dana Maxim
Outside-eye: Eslam Elnebishy and kemelo nozipho sehlapelo
Scenography: Julia Urech
Costumes: Rhea Lia Battaglia and Emma Kommert
Sound design: Till Bürgin
Lighting design: Karl Gierth
Graphic design: Zoë Langner
Special thanks to: Team Frankfurt LAB, Bojana Kunst, Bernhard Siebert, Aws Al-Zubaïdy, Sai chandu Bodu and Livia Baumann

The performance is made possible by Gießener Hochschulgesellschaft, Hessische Theaterakademie and Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt.