Here are some great photos from Sounding Situations production of Wagner Weltweit at Kampnagel in Hamburg, April 24th – 27th 2025 (photography – Juha Hansen)
Wagner Weltweit
I had my first week in rehearsals in Berlin this week as technical manager & lighting designer on a new production for Sounding Situations called Wagner Weltweit (Wagner Worldwide). In June 2023, the “Wagner Group” mercenaries marched on Moscow and announced their intention to take power in Russia. The founder, a self-confessed Russian neo-Nazi, had
News From Beyond
This coming week sees the Premiere at HAU in Berlin, of a new Gob Squad production “News From Beyond”. I am very happy to be involved once again as technical manager & lighting designer. The show will run for four nights from February 5th in HAU1. Tickets and information can be found here. Further information
Kampala International Theatre Festival
This week I am in Kampala, Uganda with Sounding Situations presenting our performance installation Rwandan Records at KITF. Rwandan Records is a sound installation, recording studio, radio play, archive and live concert all at once. It combines pre-colonial history with stories from the present and invites the audience to immerse themselves in the stories shared by
Der Dachbodenzauber
This year’s Cantara Project, a collaboration between the Liz Mohn Foundation and Andreas Wegwerth’s Gesellschaft in Bewegung, featured 150 children from six schools in Bielefeld and Gütersloh area. Once again it was a pleasure to work with our excellent creative team – Canip Gündogdu, Andreas Wegwerth, Leila Benazzouz, Annika Frank, Ensemble Vinorosso (Florian Stubenvoll; Helmut
Western Society In Dresden
Next week Gob Squad will be presenting Western Society at Hellerau in Dresden. I will be there as technical manager & lighting designer. It’s always a total pleasure to do Western Society! The show dates are April 26th & 27th. Western Society is a portrait of civilisation in the 21st century, like a frame through
IIPM Hate Radio French Tour
During the last four weeks I have been on tour with Hate Radio, visiting three theatres in different regions of France. I have been working alongside Jens Baudisch & Milena Kipfmueller, serving the production´s technical needs with a personal emphasis on sound and video. Show dates were March 26th – 29th in Besançon (Les 2
Merge / Buzzing Bridge at Hoch X in Munich
Last week, in my capacity as technical manager & lighting designer for Sounding Situations, I was in Munich where we were performing Merge / Buzzing Bridge at Hoch X. Show dates were March 22nd and 23rd. Information about the show can be found on the company website here. Please excuse the quality of the photo,
Gob Squad awarded the Silver Lion
Gob Squad have been awarded The Silver Lion at La Biennale di Venezia 2024, recognising 30 years of performance work. Wonderful news! You can read about the award here. We will open the 52nd Festival with the first of two performances of Creation (Pictures For Dorian), on June 15th at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale. I
reworks IV
A collection of pieces from 2019 – 2024. You can listen / buy on my Tzara Music Bandcamp : reworks IV I took this photo at the Aquarium du Québec in 2007. At the time I had a bit of a thing for walruses.
reworks III
Music for two installation projects. Tracks 1-5 are from Gob Squad´s video installation “Elephants In Rooms” that premiered in the foyer of HAU1 in Berlin on the 3rd of June 2022 and continued until June 9th. It features Jeff McGrory on guitar and FX. Update : “Elephants In Rooms” will be presented at La Biennale