the only game in town

theater performance, berlin 2019
shown at westgermany, büro für postpostmoderne kommunikation
and in the swimming pool installation of klasse streuli at udk rundgang

concept, stage and costumes mirjam schaal and louise pons
with tatjana reeh, wieland lemke, sonji jang, vivian scholten, nikolaj gerstenfeldt, alexandra vassilieva, helene scheithe, carlotta meyer

Based on the short novel Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges, The Only Game in Town is a performance in which a group of outcasts from the entertainment industry gamble with their lives. But the rules of the game they play are arbitrary, or even magic.