Welcome to your personal interactive moment! At every performance guests will receive a postcard from us with questions that have been specifically developed for each production and are intended as inspiration or stimulation. You can use it to write down your thoughts, feelings, ideas, or small creative contributions. Or you can discuss them with other guests or with us!

You can either drop the postcard into our mailbox in the foyer, as a personal message that will only be seen inside the theatre, or pin it to the Play Wall in the foyer if you want your message to become part of a visible, collective work of art. Both options are possible – you decide which path your thoughts should take.

With the notes, colored pencils, stickers, ribbons, and adhesive dots that are available in the foyer, you can create more messages – write, draw, or attach symbols. All materials are intended for you to freely and playfully express your impressions of the evening.

Hang your messages on the Play Wall, create small collages, or mark special moments—everything you contribute will become part of the lively, collaborative work of art that is this Play 2026.

Have fun, get involved — let’s play!

Welcome to the Play Wall — a growing, collaborative artwork for Play 2026. In the foyer, you will find small materials and prompts that you can use to leave your mark: the Play Cards, words, thoughts, mini drawings, symbols, or associations related to the evening you have just experienced.

Help design a piece of the Play Wall and become part of a living, collective exchange that will emerge throughout the series. Every voice counts, every contribution changes the whole.

Let’s play! Be part of it!

Thursday, January 29, 5pm – 07:30 pm
You have seen Glorious Bodies and would like to engage with the experience in a new and deeper way? Well, we’ve created a special offer for you as part of “Play with us.”

This unique workshop offers the opportunity to be an active participant in PLAY – and you don’t need any prior experience in circus or performance. Inspired by the powerful and touching performance Glorious Bodies by Circumstances, participants will creatively explore topics like aging, their own bodies, and its capabilities. What does aging feel like? What changes do we perceive? Which powers remain? What new ones emerge? Are there fears and uncertainties? Or perhaps does something calm and encouraging emerge in the process of aging?

Through movement exercises, partner work and creative prompts, participants will approach these questions and reflect, in a playful way, how personal experiences with aging can be expressed. The workshop invites you to experience, reflect on, and physically embody the essence of the piece – a space to make the aging process tangible in all its facets.

Facilitator: Anika Lachnitt (Director, Theater academic and teacher)

For whom?
Anyone over the age of 18 who is interested in exploring the themes of aging, the body and the perception of abilities in a playful and active way. No physical prerequisites are necessary!

When:
Thursday, January 29, from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM

Participation is free. The main language is German, but questions can be asked in English as well.

Registration:
Limited spots were assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. The workshop is fully booked.

Please note that the venue is unfortunately only accessible by stairs. Feel free to contact us with your accessibility needs, and we will provide advice and find solutions wherever possible.

After the performance, we invite the audience to reflect on what they have seen and get to know the artists. In a moderated audience talk, the content of the play is explored in greater depth and questions are posed to both the artists and the audience.

The talks last approximately 30 minutes and are held in spoken German and English.

Glorious Bodies: Saturday, 24 January 2026, 8:00 pm Audience Talk and Artist Q&A

The ‘Glorious Body’ – Why does circus and our wider society close their eyes to older bodies?

Join cast member Det Rijven from Glorious Bodies and its director Piet Van Dyke as they discuss the challenges and triumphs of creating a work specifically for older bodies. In a conversation guided by Chamäleon Artistic Director Anke Politz and Dramaturg Geordie Brookman and including Romy Seibt, member of Berlin company still hungry, the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions alongside hearing the reflections of the artists.

The session will begin five minutes after the end of the show and last approximately 30 minutes. It will be conducted in both English and German.

Palianytsia: Saturday, 21 February 2026, 8:00 pm Audience Talk and Artist Q&A

Far from home – how do artists displaced from their homelands or with complex migration experiences find their way in a new culture?

Join cast members of Palianytsia as they discuss the complexities of life as an artist when you are far from home. In a conversation guided by Chamäleon Dramaturg Geordie Brookman the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions alongside hearing the reflections of the artists.

The session will begin five minutes after the end of the show and last approximately 30 minutes. It will be conducted in English, with limited translation into German available.