Smelling Gossip

– Zwei Personen sitzen am Boden, halten Stöcke und blicken auf einen weißen Kreis aus zerknülltem Papier. Daneben liegt Klebeband.

A performative campfire installation for ages 10+

It crackles and smokes. It flares up and it smells. Stories are told, suspicions raised, and tales spun. Together, we light an artistic campfire and cook up a rumour soup: more wood is added to the fire, bread is toasted on sticks, and stories make the rounds — small observations or claims. Some change along the way, while others stick. Amid smoke, sounds, and flickering light, a collective rumour emerges, sentence by sentence, scent by scent. We love passing things on! But a judgment can form quickly. How fast can a rumour become something that can no longer be taken back? A game around the fire about social dynamics, hearsay, exclusion, and community.

Sebastian Mauksch & Team create theatre as a space for shared experience and discovery for children and young people. Combining performance, text, visual arts, sound, and technology, they explore social questions together with their audiences, inviting them to test their own perspectives and ways of acting.

In German spoken language.

Accessible for wheelchair users.

Various seating options.

Access friend on site.

Content notes:

The performance includes opportunities for voluntary audience participation. Audience members are invited to gather around the »campfire« and sit on beanbags. Chairs can be provided for those with reduced mobility.

Sensory stimuli:

Fog effects and scent emissions are used during the performance. The lighting is predominantly dark.

By and with Vera Pulido (performance, sound & stage), Toni Jessen (performance & artistic direction), Sebastian Mauksch (artistic direction), Frida Grubba (costumes), Çiğdem Üçüncü (Outreach & Access-Friend), Fabian Eichner (light), Antigone Akgün (texts), Olivia Stutz (production), Class 6b u. Nicola Ahr (research class, Albert-Gutzmann-Schule)

 

A production by Sebastian Mauksch & Team in cooperation with Ballhaus Ost. Funded by the Capital Cultural Fund Berlin.

Next date:

• Date Friday, 09/October/2026 10:00 ( 7 more dates )
• Venue Ballhaus Ost
• Address Pappelallee 15 A, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg