GenZ Don´t Cry

Abstract:
Immersive 3D sound theatre by and about Generation Z.

Challenging are the times in which the teenagers and young adults of Generation Z are starting their independent lives. At the same time, they are confronted with a whole set of prejudices: that they are lazy, demanding, over-sensitive and always on their phones. GenZ Don’t Cry portrays the voices of people born between 1995 and 2010. Their thoughts can be experienced through headphones which also can be used to seal yourself off from the world and its crises.

In GenZ Don't Cry, visions of the future blend with flashbacks to an indistinct past and a virtual reality. Somewhere within this intangible temporality, ten young people encounter Cassandra, an operator in a futuristic planetarium. She runs simulations and makes prophecies, which the ten young people reject and proest against. Is this where the future is being negotiated? A supernova being programmed? What value do visions have, and how close do they actually have to be to reality?

The audience itself plunges into a 3D-soundscape that is created live on stage and performed by young people from the Ruhr region. Through the ears, an immersive sound and theatre experience unfolds for everyone aged 14 and older.

Produced by Ruhrtriennale.