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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★…hugely eloquent” – The Guardian
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★…A virtuosic, deeply moving production where micro and macro stories of loss and contact crisscross like passing planes.” – What’s On Stage (London)
“★ ★ ★ ★ ★…An extraordinary meditation on loss and grief and survival.” – The Times (London)
ABOUT THE WORK
Co-Presented with L’Alliance New York as a part of Crossing The Line Festival
Acclaimed docu-theater artist Helgard Haug interweaves the vanishing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with the slow decline of a mind with dementia, mirroring globally and personally experienced forms of ambiguous loss. How do we make the missing tangible? What remains when presence disappears?
On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished mid-flight—an event that remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. In All right. Good night., Haug interweaves this unfathomable disappearance with a deeply personal story: her father’s slow fading into dementia. Through documentary storytelling, and a live score by Barbara Morgenstern and the Zafraan Ensemble, the production transports audiences to a realm unreachable by research, transforming loss into an evocative theatrical experience.
Haug said, “It made sense somehow that these forms of not-knowing, of not being able to rely anymore on what you get as an information, felt connected. It was the first time that I created such a personal story. Often I am connected to the themes of my work, but I always explore these maybe very personal themes by finding people who tell their own stories. Here I really felt the urge to capture this experience, but in a way that’s not overwhelmed by firsthand emotions—treating it as a protocol that tries to look at different steps throughout the process to capture these unsure moments.”
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Helgard Haug, Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel founded the theatre-label Rimini Protokoll in 2000 and have since worked in different constellations under this name. Work by work they have expanded the means of the theatre to create new perspectives on reality. Rimini Protokoll often develop their stage-works, interventions, performative installations and audio plays together with experts who have gained their knowledge and skills beyond the theatre. Furthermore, they like to transpose rooms or social structures into theatrical formats. Many of their works feature interactivity and a playful use of technology.
Helgard Haug is co-founder of Rimini Protokoll (together with Stefan Kaegi and Daniel Wetzel), director and writer. Her works have been produced performed and exhibited at the most prestigious venues in the world, such as: Festival d’Avignon, Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris), Salzburger Festspiele, Under the radar (New York), Ruhrtriennale, International Arts Festival Perth, Onassis Cultural Centre Athens, Luminato Festival Toronto, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, Royal Academy of Arts London, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan and many more.
Helgard Haug and Rimini Protokoll have been awarded many prizes for their work. They received the FAUST theatre award in 2007. In 2008, Rimini Protokoll were chosen for the European Theatre Award in Thessaloniki. The complete works of Rimini Protokoll were given the silver lion at the 2001 41stTheatre Biennale in Venice.
In July 2023, ‘Rowohlt Verlag’ published All right. Good night. as her first novel.
Barbara Morgenstern is an electronic musician, composer, producer and choir director. In 1998, she began a series of releases on Berlin label Monika Enterprise, and her most recent album came out in 2018 via Staatsakt. Since 2007, she has been directing the Chor der Kulturen der Welt at Berlin’s HKW (House of World Cultures), for which she also composes, arranges and selects the program. She has been working with Rimini Protokoll consistently since 2012.
Zafraan Ensemble represent music that reflects today’s life, today’s society, today’s reality in all possible facets. Through interaction with other art forms, Zafraan observes, explores and processes all that surrounds us: people, events, nature and technology, with all the accompanying normalities and absurdities, Formed in Berlin in 2009 and consisting of ten permanent members from Spain, France, New Zealand, Australia and Germany, the group performs violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, clarinet, saxophone, harp, piano and percussion.
L’Alliance New York is an independent, not-for-profit organization committed to providing its audience and students with engaging French language classes and audacious multi-disciplinary programming that celebrates the diversity of francophone cultures and creativity around the world. A welcoming and inclusive community for all ages and all backgrounds, L’Alliance New York is a place where people can meet, learn, and explore the richness of our heritages and share discoveries. L’Alliance New York strives to amplify voices and build bridges from the entire francophone world to New York and beyond.”
Crossing The Line is a citywide festival that engages international artists and New York City audiences in artistic discovery and critical dialogue to re-imagine the world around us. Crossing The Line is produced by L’Alliance New York in partnership with leading cultural institutions
CREATIVE CREDITS
Helgard Haug: Concept, text, direction
Barbara Morgenstern: Composition
Zafraan Ensemble: Orchestra
Johannes Benecke and Mia Rainprechter:Performers
Emma Becker, Evi Filippou, Margot Gödrös, Ruth Reinecke, Mia Rainprechter and Louise Stölting: Recorded Voices (for audio collage)
Evi Bauer: Scenic Design
Marc Jungreithmeier: Video/Light Design
Peter Breitenbach: Sound design
Premil Petrović: Conductor
Davor Branimir Vincze: Arranger
Juliane Männel: Dramaturgy
Aljoscha Begrich: Outside Eye
Andreas Mihan: Technical Direction
Martin Schwemin: Technical Direction (Touring)
Lisa Homburger: Artistic Collaboration
Christine Ruynat: Costume and Artistic Collaboration Stage Design
Rozenn Lièvre: Sound Design Assistant
David Scholz: Assistant Technical Direction
Louise Stölting: Production Management
Ksenia Lukina: Touring Management
Zafraan Ensemble Musicians (Stage): Matthias Badczong (clarinet), Evi Filippou (percussion), Josa Gerhard (violin), Martin Posegga (saxophone), Beltane Ruiz (double bass)
Zafraan Ensemble Musicians (Recording): Josa Gerhard (violin), Noa Niv (trombone), Matthias Badczong (clarinet), Liam Mallet (flute), Martin Posegga (saxophone), Damir Bacikin (trumpet), Anna Viechtl (harp), Adam Weisman (drums), Evi Filippou (drums), Yumi Onda (violin), Benedikt Bindewald (viola recording), Maria Reich (viola), Alice Dixon (cello), Natalie Plöger (double bass), Florian Juncker (trombone)
SUPPORT
This project is made possible ii cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and support from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.
A production of Rimini Apparat. In co-production with HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Volkstheater Wien, Factory International for Manchester International Festival, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, PACT Zollverein.
Funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds as well as Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa.
NYU Skirball’s programs are made possible in part with support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels; Culture Ireland; General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA; Goethe Institut New York with support from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany; The Shubert Foundation; Collins Building Services; Norwegian Consulate General in New York; Harkness Foundation for Dance; Marta Heflin Foundation; and New England Foundation for the Arts; as well as our valued donors through memberships, commissioning, and Allies for Arts Access Fund support.