“I get up at 4 am, take the train at 5:45 am and start sorting things at 6 am”. This is how the day of a mail carrier begins, the bringer of news that can change the lives of the recipients, for example, through a credit report, notice of termination or notice of debt collection. Why does money play such a big role in our lives? One thing is absolutely certain: It all got started with debt. While these thoughts shoot through the mind of the mail carrier, Der Markt (The Market) takes shape, Diogenes designs a half-finished utopia out of a barrel while Ayn Rand and Adam Smith argue about the unclear metaphor of the invisible hand via an exchange of letters…
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This project is a multimedia collage about guilt, debt and human nature using a mixture of puppetry, live music and video art.
(in German)
Additional information
Text, direction, live music, video, performance ANIMA (Simon Bauer, Simon Krahl, Rike Schuberty)
The messenger Hauke Heumann T
he messenger, performance Rike Schuberty
Live music Orlando Boeykens (Tuba), Florian Juncker (Trombone), Janni Struzyk (Tuba)
Stage design Simon Krahl
Music, composition Simon Bauer
Object design Ulrike Langenbein
Costumes Susanne Münzner
Dramaturgy Claudia Krieg
Collaboration dramaturgy, assistance Christoph Scharf
Production management Ilka Rümke (ehrliche Arbeit)
Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt
Grafik Stephi Piehl http://animaberlin.com
The messenger Hauke Heumann T
he messenger, performance Rike Schuberty
Live music Orlando Boeykens (Tuba), Florian Juncker (Trombone), Janni Struzyk (Tuba)
Stage design Simon Krahl
Music, composition Simon Bauer
Object design Ulrike Langenbein
Costumes Susanne Münzner
Dramaturgy Claudia Krieg
Collaboration dramaturgy, assistance Christoph Scharf
Production management Ilka Rümke (ehrliche Arbeit)
Funded by Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt
Grafik Stephi Piehl http://animaberlin.com
Dates
November 2025
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