Installation by Thomas
Bo Nilsson
WORLD PREMIERERealisation Thomas Bo Nilsson
Directed by Thomas Bo Nilsson,
Jens Lassak, Julian Wolf Eicke
Stage & costume design Thomas Bo Nilsson, Julian Wolf Eicke
Music & Sounddesign
Jacob Suske
Dramaturgy Tobias Schuster, Anna Laner
Cast: Lena Bösch, Georg Bütow, Julian Wolf Eicke, Vera von Gunten,
Jens
Lassak, Thomas Bo Nilsson, Ute Reintjes, Pia Wurzer
Premiere December 1, 2016 A lonely country road. In the middle of nowhere, night, far away from the city, a transit route close to the border of a
country. The only sign of civilisation: a motorway services, red fluorescent lights in the window of a dreary club are blinking
rhythmically and tiny cubicles are available for relaxation, alone or accompanied. Those who enter a cubicle without „support“
are provided with video footage that will help their imagination. No one will check who will meet there – one enjoys quickly,
pays and hits the road. But where do the films that are shown for entertainment come from? And what are they actually showing?
A spartan hut. Only several hundred metres away there are some more deserted sheds, the remains
of an abandoned industrial area at the edge of a wood. Nowadays hardly any people are coming here anymore and nature is trying
to reconquer the area. A young couple lives here in isolation. When the two women become witnesses of an accident one day,
their common life changes in a completely inexpected way. An unconscious young woman is lying on the road. They take the injured
with them and take care of her until she regains consciousness. Whilst she is slowly recovering, she is turning from someone
who needs protection into a sovereign counterpart. A human being with wishes, desires and expectations. The longer the process
of recovery is proceeding, the more conflicts arise between the three residents of the remote dwelling. Soon questions are
imposed on the two helpers. Who are they actually accommodating? Deep in the forest, without the pleasant distraction of the
city, thrown back on their own subconscious, one of the women notices a strange change in her own psyche. In order to assure
herself of her mental state she begins to write a diary. The intruder seems to claim space in it. What happens when a human
suddenly sees himself confronted with his own emotions and aggressions of unknown cruelty? What to do when psyche radicalises
itself and all of a sudden becomes uncontrollable? Over days and weeks a sinister trip into the abyss begins.
After „Cellar Door“ this is Thomas Bo Nilsson’s and his team’s second production at Schauspielhaus Vienna. Their performance-installation
had transformed the whole building in Porzellangasse in spring 2016 and turned it into an accessible cosmos, the labyrinthian
underworld of a provincial village. Complemented by short films and an online presence that allowed various interactions with
the performers, the „Cellar Door“ tryptich depicted a disturbing panorama of a brutalized society where the border between
reality and virtuality is blurry.
The theatre career of the Swedish architect and installation artist began
with the production of „Die Erscheinung der Martha Rubin“ at Schauspiel Köln that he created together with the Danish performance
group SIGNA and that was invited to Theatertreffen Berlin in 2008. Subsequently he was listed several times as best stage
designer by Theater heute for his projects at Centraltheater Leipzig, Volksbühne Berlin and Salzburg Festival. Since 2013
he is also working as director together with stage designer Julian Wolf Eicke and his co-director Jens Lassak. In 2014 they
developed their internationally acclaimed debut „MEAT“ at Schaubühne Berlin. Different from his first exuberant installations
with more than 40 performers, this time Thomas Bo Nilsson chooses an intimate form for his second production at Schauspielhaus.
With a group of five performers he enters an enigmatic, claustrophobic net of dependencies, hatred and psychological decline.
Once again he is dealing with how interhuman communication, the possibility to communicate about your own life with others,
is becoming more and more virtual and is creating a scenery of isolation.
Please arrange an individual date for your visit of „Jinxxx“ with the box office of Schauspielhaus.
Since the seating capacity is limited, ticket reservations are unfortunately not possible. Tickets need to be purchased in
advance from the box office.
Please show up on time for your chosen performance date since an admission after the
show has started is unfortunately impossible.
Furthermore there is the possibility to purchase tickets on the day
at the box office. If you plan to do so, it is advisable to put your name on the waiting list beforehand (karten@schauspielhaus.at).
