Doctor:
What is it she does now? Look, how she rubs her hands.

Gentlewoman:
It is an accustomed action with her, to seem thus
washing her hands: I have known her to continue in
this a quarter of an hour.

— William Shakespeare, Macbeth

The work is inspired by the examination of historical and contemporary concepts of control concepts of control, security and cleanliness — individually and socially, as an engine of civilization, as a means of emancipation and oppression.
»REINHEIT« meticulously recontructs a seemingly endless, compulsive loop of hand-washing from the heyday or the Covid pandemic.

Oliver Zahn is a theater maker and performer. His work is always based on extensive research – ethnographic, archive-based and embodying self-experimentation.

Premiere

• Dec 05, 2024

Upcoming Dates

• Apr 03, 2025, 20:00
• Apr 04, 2025, 20:00

Past Dates

• Dec 05, 2024
• Dec 06, 2024
• Dec 07, 2024
• Dec 08, 2024

Tickets

15 | 10 Euros
Tickets can be purchased by phone, mail or online.
For online tickets, 13% presale fee and 2,- Euro service fee are charged in addition to the basic ticket price by the provider Reservix.

Duration

50 minutes

Language

few words, German with English surtitles

with

Jan Jaroszek

Concept, text, direction, space

Oliver Zahn

Choreography

Der Zwang

Dramaturgy

Felizitas Stilleke

Light, technical management

Dennis Dita Kopp

Creative producer

Martina Neu

Public relations

Kerstin Böttcher

A production by Oliver Zahn in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Supported by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.