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Concert by Rimini Protokoll (Daniel Wetzel)

Who composes? Who plays? On what? At Radialsystem, the theatre label Rimini Protokoll poses these questions in a new and humorous way with their production “SWEAT. A Musclical” and provides a suggestion:


fitness equipment - taken from the world of physical self-optimisation – transforms into music machines on stage.


The concert evening “SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull” presents pieces for this new category of instruments composed by the multi-disciplinary musicians Güner Kunier, Brigitta Muntendorf, Schneider TM, Sophia Wind and Wooly Aziz and performed by the newly founded SWEAT ENSEMBLE.


In the interactive walk-through installation “SWEAT MACHINES. Ein akustischer Spielplatz” (English: “an acoustic playground”), the audience can make the machine orchestra sing and get their own pulse racing.


The “Songs of Push and Pull” create a soundscape between fitness studio, pop and contemporary composition, a workout and a musical evening in one: To train the muscles now means to play music.


The music machines are operated by the SWEAT Ensemble:
people who are not necessarily musicians but have been unknowingly rehearsing for this moment by exercising on the original machines. They might have never played a concert before, but they have a precise feeling for their tendons and muscles thanks to regular training.


In the accompanying installation “SWEAT MACHINES. Ein akustischer Spielplatz” (English: “an acoustic playground”), the audience is invited to play the machine orchestra. Multilayered narratives unfold for visitors and participants via headphones and text-based media.


The project is inspired by intensive research in Berlin and Luckenwalde in Brandenburg and interwoven with the protein-fuelled history of fitness culture.
Additional information
‘SWEAT. A Musclical’ is a production by Rimini Apparat in co-production with Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg, Pina Bausch Centre “under construction” and E-WERK Luckenwalde. In co-operation with Radialsystem.Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund (Hauptstadtkulturfonds).

Media partnerships Radialsystem: The Berliner, Rausgegangen, tip Berlin, taz. die tageszeitung.



The production ‘SWEAT. A Musclical’ consists of the installation ’SWEAT MACHINES. An Acoustic Playground’ and the concert ’SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull’, which will be presented on 7 and 10 August.

The concert ‘SWEAT. Songs of Push and Pull’ has a duration of approx. 75 minutes.
Participating artists
Güner Künier, Brigitta Muntendorf , Schneider TM, Sophia Wind, Wooly Aziz (Komposition)
Shar Adams , Lisa Wadle (Fitness Trainer und Performer)
Fabian Tombers (Digital Conductor, Sound Design und Programmierung)
Alfredo Bautista, Benjamin Maus, Klaudiusz Schimanowski (Interaktive Kunstinstallation und Instrumente)
Daniel Wetzel (Konzept, Text und Regie)
Arved Schultze, Erik Veenstra (Dramaturgie, Recherche und Text)
Lena Lupo Loy (Szenografie)
Juan Pablo Gaviria Bedoya (Videodesign)
Marius Bratoveanu (Tontechnik)
Marie Faass (Grafikdesign)
Yiannis Panagopoulos (Künstlerische Mitarbeit)
Patrick Tucholski (Technische Leitung)
Lisa Homburger (Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Rimini Protokoll)
Monica Ferrari, Ksenia Lukina (Produktionsleitung)
Dates
August 2025
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