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Music theatre by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS about fragile certainties

In their new production, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS present an evening of music theatre about a fundamental part of modern society that has become fragile: trust. In an increasingly complex world, trust becomes a paradoxical demand – not a moral virtue, but a silent survival technique.

The music theatre evening “Architecture of Trust” begins at a blind spot: the inconspicuous assumption of a natural trust that holds democratic, technical and social systems together.

We rely on laws, institutions, and figures of expertise, although we hardly understand their inner mechanisms. Yet we have to trust them. From this fragility, a space for music theatre unfolds: a structure made of music, text, image, and dance – supported by a multifaceted, contemporary soundtrack, in which pop, classical, and new music overlap.

“Architecture of Trust” is not a piece about certainty, but rather about its erosion.

It doesn’t look for simple answers, it looks for a stance: for a trust that remains aware of its own fragility, and for a mistrust that does not destroy but holds space for critical understanding.

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Participating artists
Nicola Hümpel
Paul Hübner
Oliver Proske
Sergio Morabito
Torsten Podraza
Nova Krause, Victor Piano
Sebastian Reuter
Talea Nuxoll
Sonja Winkler
N.N.
Franziska K. Huhn, Leonie Schirra
Peyee Chen
Ted Schmitz
Annedore Kleist
Yui Kawaguchi, Florian Graul
Mathis Bereuter
Jo Ambros
Paul Hübner
Lorenzo Riessler
Dates
December 2026
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