Raum / Raah
Actress Bettina Marugg in Bonn in front of a video projection of a market in New Delhi. During rehearsals, we worked with the ‘foreign gaze’. | © fringe ensemble
Tests in the theatre space in Bonn with green screen situations that connect the scene in Bonn with the one in New Delhi live. | © fringe ensemble
Performer Bettina Marugg in Bonn in front of a video projection during the performance in November. She describes the scene with texts from interviews. | © fringe ensemble
From the first performance in Delhi, with the audience in Bonn visible as a live projection in the background. | © Varoon P. Anand, Shiv Jha-Mathur, Gaurav Singh Nijjer
Actors from Delhi and Bonn projected onto a shared screen during the Delhi performance, using green screen, live cameras, and projectors in both locations. | © Varoon P. Anand, Shiv Jha-Mathur, Gaurav Singh Nijjer
Actor in Delhi performing in front of a live projection that includes another actor via green screen and live camera. The image incorporates AQI data visualised on a map of Delhi, overlaid with city imagery. | © Varoon P. Anand, Shiv Jha-Mathur, Gaurav Singh Nijjer
Technical team in Delhi communicating with the directors regarding technical requirements and live transmission setups. | © Varoon P. Anand, Shiv Jha-Mathur, Gaurav Singh Nijjer
A street, carrying traces of a conversation of a city far away
An open space, shaped by eyes of those who see it (and those who can’t)
"Raum / Raah" is a multilingual, hybrid theatre performance that explores intricate relationships between people and public spaces in Bonn and New Delhi. It investigates learned behaviours, silent communication, and isolation in public areas. Through a combination of live performance, hybrid dramaturgy, documentary material and digital technologies, audiences in both cities encounter each other and explore questions like: Who dominates public spaces? How do immigrants learn unspoken social norms? Why do we experience isolation amidst crowds?
Theatre collectives fringe ensemble (Germany) and Kaivalya Plays (India) collaborate on this transcultural performance that questions the identity, politics, and traces of the spaces we occupy, revealing hidden narratives between public space and human connection.
