The whole Truth about Lies
Music theatre by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS
The whole Truth about Lies
Music theatre by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS
In “The whole Truth about Lies”, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS take a close look at the most powerful weapon of any populist politician: the lie. The recent presidential election in the USA, in which a shameless liar triumphed, showed just how effectively this age-old instrument of power can be used. Yet the rise of right-wing nationalist forces in other parts of the world also frequently goes hand in hand with the targeted use of untruths, disinformation and fake news. Even the end of the grand coalition in Berlin was justified by the loss of trust, for which the essential prerequisite is the truth. But wasn’t this alliance founded on self-deception from the very beginning?
With the musical theatre evening “The whole Truth about Lies”, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS once again transform Radialsystem into a lie detector. The show tells of self-deception and external manipulation, of false promises and revealing gestures. In this way, it deals – at times tongue-in-cheek, at times soberly – with truth as an abstract quantity that can have an existential effect in both the private and political spheres and bring about unexpected catastrophes. Meanwhile, the boundaries between real bodies and false images become just as blurred as the borders between genres. In the NAVIGATORS' manner, the evening moves between baroque and pop, between song, dance and text. Visually, the audience’s perception is put to the test through a combination of classic theatre illusions and new AI technologies.
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A production by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS and the Schwetzingen SWR Festival, funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and the Capital Cultural Fund. In co-operation with Radialsystem.
Media partners: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, tip Berlin, taz. die tageszeitung.
Radialsystem
Holzmarktstraße 3310243 Berlin
36 Euro ermäßigt 22 Euro
24 Euro ermäßigt 18 Euro
16 Euro ermäßigt 12 Euro
Dauer ca. 100 Minuten zzgl. Pause