You live you learn
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How do you perform when you can’t? How do you work when you shouldn’t? Whom do you ask for help? Your doctor? Your colleagues? Your boss? It begins with a dilemma: how can we speak when we’re out of words? When we want to move forward, but feel unable to do so? They say that sometimes we have to just take a leap and then a safety net will appear. Let’s try!
« You live you learn » is about burnout, our relationship to work and the significance it has in society. Despite preventing measures in companies, being burned out is often perceived as the fault of an individual, instead of questioning a system of working conditions. Therefore, many people don't dare to communicate that they are not well. And often enough, they don’t see it coming.
So there is a difficulty, yet a necessity to speak about burnout to overcome it. This dilemma is the core of the piece: It is a performance about non-performing. It moves from darkness to light, from speechlessness to a conversation with the audience. May we all learn something new together!
Antje Schupp is a director, performer, writer and lecturer. She works across genres and disciplines, creating and staging performances, dance projects, site specific works, operas and plays. Schupp is interested in ecological and social-political topics, combining different stylistic elements to create multi-layered narratives.
On 12.5 at 16:00, an Artist Talk with Antje Schupp will take place at the Festival Center and will be broadcast live on Radio RaBe.
Easy Read
Burnout occurs, for example, when someone is overworked and exhausted. It becomes impossible to continue. Often, the person is blamed when the problem is actually the job itself. This piece is about the fact that we should talk about this more.
Surtitles
The German spoken text is surtitled in English and German. The surtitles contain additional information about sounds and music.
Sign Language Interpretation
The performance on 11.5. will be translated into Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS). Places with good visibility to the interpreter are marked.
Interpreter: Tamara Bangerter
Here you will find an explanatory video in DSGS for the event.
For people with mobility disabilities
The Tojo Theater is wheelchair accessible. There are cobblestones and a few small thresholds on the way to the auditorium. The theater has a barrier-free toilet.
Beanbags
Beanbags are available in the front row for you to sit on. Alternative seating (seats, cushions, etc.) is available.
Content Notes
This production addresses burnout and mental illness.
The production offers food (lemons) as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to the audience.
The production concludes with an open-ended format that features audience participation in the form of writing, discussion, and joining the performers on stage as a group.Participation is entirely optional.
Sensory Warnings
Moments of darkness
Blinding lights in the beginning of the show
Darkness and silence for a longer period of time in the beginning
Loud Sound (Drumming)
Flashing lights
Singing: a capella, with piano and drum accompany
Stage smoke
Haze
Social Story
Social stories are used as a tool to prepare people for a public event, such as a theatre performance. Our social stories provide a detailed description of what to expect at the venue and the customs that apply there. You can find the (German) PDF of the «You live you learn» social story here.
Special Check-In
We offer a special check-in option. If for any reason you'd like to avoid the crowded foyer, require a specific seat, assistance due to a mobility impairment, or would like to be picked up at the bus stop, please contact us in advance. A member of our team will accompany you according to your needs.
Register: checkin@auawirleben.ch
Access Friend
At the Tojo Theater, Access Friends welcome audiences and are available before, during, and after performances. These people can be identified by their purple vests. Questions about accessibility can be directed to the Access Friends.
- Concept, text, performance
- Antje Schupp
- Musical support and performance
- Martin Gantenbein
- Outside eye
- Lola Giouse
- Interview
- Nadine Jent
- Production
- born2perform with support from the Kaserne Basel, LAB residency, Fachausschuss Darstellende Künste BS/BL
- Support production
- DasTheaterKolleg