Theater Anu

Berlin / Germany

In its own distinctive interpretation of the performing art form, Theater ANU seeks to reconcile humanity with its world. In parks, on squares and in special places such as tunnel systems or (abandoned) factories, the company, which has been based in Berlin since 2007, brings the theater into public spaces through interactive installations. “Poetic worlds” are thus created in urban settings, between performers and observers, opening up space “for atmosphere and beauty, time and deceleration, encounter and sustainability.” […]

Biography / Theater Anu

In its own distinctive interpretation of the performing art form, Theater ANU seeks to reconcile humanity with its world. In parks, on squares and in special places such as tunnel systems or (abandoned) factories, the company, which has been based in Berlin since 2007, brings the theater into public spaces through interactive installations. “Poetic worlds” are thus created in urban settings, between performers and observers, opening up space “for atmosphere and beauty, time and deceleration, encounter and sustainability.”

About their UN Biennale performance // “In transition. Back from the future”
In three acts – a total of three hours of performance by Theater ANU – eight actors play a game where they imagine what will happen after the catastrophe for which we humans are responsible. They survive the Great Flood on an ark made of plastic and decide to form and live in a new society, one that tries to find a female perspective in everything, “because the post-apocalyptic age will be female.” They embody future values and cultures of encounter, look into the past, search for transformation. In its “tableaux vivants” – sometimes in slow motion, sometimes full of energy – Theater ANU reconquers and revives urban spaces that have become inhospitable.

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URBAN NATION Biennale 2019
In the middle of September, Bülowstraße turned into major attraction for fans of Urban Art: around 12,000 visitors came to see the 100-meter-long outdoor installation of the URBAN NATION Biennale 2019. The URBAN NATION museum, which was open at the