BABYLON was sin, BABYLON was paradise. BABYLON is about babies, or rather not making babies, but breeding something different. Fantasies of a different life or this life. We sing and scream and search for happiness with you. It looks like we’re in a church but with trans­bodies on the altar that play mother, whore and bride. The question arises if they are just playing or are they really the trans­egos of our culture’s most honorable members that mistreats their mothers, whores and brides. BABYLON gives attention to these honorable members, these people who mean the world to us, love and honor to these people, a celebration of love and care work. Then it's about Nazis in SS boots and the Little sad princess all of a sudden, militant research work around the question of what remains when humanity is trans, gay and on childbirth strike. Get ready for the world of BABYLON which is hell and which is heaven. Leave everything behind, we promise it will pay off.

BABYLON premiered in April 2023 at Nowy Teatr Warsaw. BABYLON was realized through the ChangeNow! program of the Warsaw Theater Academy, supported by Erasmus+. BABYLON is additionally supported by the Institute for German-Polish Cooperation, the Hessian Theater Academy, the Nowy Teatr Warsaw, the Giessen Cultural Office, the ITI Academy, and studioNaxos Frankfurt.

Duration: 75 minutes

Language: German/Polish/English with English subtitles

TEAM.  

Conzept/ Text/ stage design: Jäckie Rydz Performers: Martix Navrot, Jäckie Rydz, Nikolas Stäudte
Music: Martix Navrot
Costumes: Nikolas Stäudte
Dramaturgy/ Text Hymnal: Teresa Fazan
Visuals: Mateusz Korsak
Artistic Assistenz: Ada Branecka
Production Nowy Teatr: Angelika Mizinska, Zuzanna Kubiak
Production Frankfurt: Greta Katharina Klein
PR Nowy Teatr: Igor Sekuła