“They turned off the lights to switch on the night… “ In a time where fears breed small time heroes and big time fakes, where antibacterial soap is bought for pore-deep safety while we numbly face the real threats of our existence, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS question their own fears, orientations, meanderings and pretexts.

Concept, Director and Costume: Nicola Hümpel Set Design: Oliver Proske With: Niels Bovri, Christoph Glaubacker, Verena Schonlau, Anne Paulicevich, Lajos Talamonti, Miyoko Urayama Light: Peter Meier Music composed by: Steffen Martin, João Orecchia Sound: Steffen Martin Assistant Director: Jessica Glause Set Assistant: Jörg Scherrmann Light Assistant: Novas Thoma Costume Assistant: Johanna Bauer Subtitles: David Mass Production and tour management : Ilja Fontaine

A production by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS and Sophiensæle co-produced with the donaufestival.

Supported by: Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur Berlin.

www.navigators.de

The ensemble of NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS was founded 1998 at the Bauhaus Dessau under the artistic direction of Nicola Hümpel. It is uniting artists of different disciplines (theatre, dance, plastic arts, design, music). Over the years, productive creative structures and a finely concerted cooperation have emerged by the concurrence of the different disciplines. The basic idea of developing the plays together in a thematic and practical working process has been pursued by the ensemble until today.

The first production of NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS being supported by the foundation \Kulturfonds\ is called Ich war auch schon einmal in Amerika and is premiered at the Bauhaus Dessau in 1998. Bauhaus Dessau is the ensemble's birthplace, and it has been a close cooperation partner ever since.

Still in the same year, Jochen Sandig (then artistic director of the Sophiensæle) invites Nicola Hümpel and her set designer Oliver Proske with their production to his theatre. Since that time, the Navigators belong to the most important artists in residence of the Sophiensæle.