Cooperation between UK and GER

When robots take over

In their first collaboration, Hijinx Theatre (Cardiff, Wales) and tanzbar_bremen present ‘ENTER: Robots exchange’, a participatory and inclusive theatre piece that playfully explores the topics of AI and robots.

During one performance as part of the city festival ‘Alles muss raus!’ in Kaiserslautern (July 2024) and the BoulevART Festival in Wismar (August 2024), visitors become part of the piece and can control the robots - until they take over. The large-scale street theatre performance enables interactions between the citizens and the ‘robots’ through non-verbal communication.

"The Cultural Bridge funding will allow us to bring together learning disabled and neurodivergent artists from Wales and Germany to work together in the creation and presentation of a large-scale street theatre performance: ROBOTS. The project will facilitate a unique opportunity for exchange between our artists and organisations as they collaborate on the dramaturgy and choreography before performing together at two street theatre festivals in Germany. For some of the learning disabled and neurodivergent artists involved, this will be their first time travelling internationally, a vital opportunity for progression in both their professional aspirations and towards more independent lives."

Hijinx Theatre (Cardiff, Wales) and tanzbar-bremen e.V.

More about the cooperation on cultural-bridge.info

an inclusive dance group dressed as robots lined up one behind the other in a street
© Michael Bause

Applicants
Hijinx Theatre & tanzbar_bremen e.V.

Location
Cardiff, Wales & Bremen, Germany

Funding year
Cultural Bridge 2024-25

Topics
Theatre, Public space, inclusion, AI

Websites
tanzbarbremen.de
hijinx.org.uk

  • People dressed as robots stand in a row with their heads bowed. A man in a doctor's coat walks in front of them
    © Michael Bause
  • Two women stretch out their arms to press a button on the shoulder of a human dressed as a robot.
    © Michael Bause
  • two robots bend down and look into the camera from above
    © Rudi Kottmann
  • People dressed up as robots walk in a row with their arms and legs outstretched
    © Michael Bause
  • Robots in a row, a person walks in front of them
    © Michael Bause
  • a man in a white coat taps a person dressed as a robot on the left shoulder
    © Michael Bause