Architecture of Trust

Music theatre by NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS about fragile certainties

In their new production, NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS present an evening of music theatre about a fundamental part of modern society that has become fragile: trust. In an increasingly complex world, trust becomes a paradoxical demand – not a moral virtue, but a silent survival technique.

The music theatre evening “Architecture of Trust” begins at a blind spot: the inconspicuous assumption of a natural trust that holds democratic, technical and social systems together. We rely on laws, institutions, and figures of expertise, although we hardly understand their inner mechanisms. Yet we have to trust them. From this fragility, a space for music theatre unfolds: a structure made of music, text, image, and dance – supported by a multifaceted, contemporary soundtrack, in which pop, classical, and new music overlap.

“Architecture of Trust” is not a piece about certainty, but rather about its erosion. It doesn’t look for simple answers, it looks for a stance: for a trust that remains aware of its own fragility, and for a mistrust that does not destroy but holds space for critical understanding.

Artists/Collaborators: Nicola Hümpel (Regie, Konzept und Kostüme), Paul Hübner (Musikalische Leitung), Oliver Proske (Bühne und Technologie), Sergio Morabito (Dramaturgie), Torsten Podraza (Licht), Nova Krause, Victor Piano (Video), Sebastian Reuter (Ton), Talea Nuxoll (Künstlerische Mitarbeit), Sonja Winkler (Bühnenbildassistenz), N.N. (Kostümassistenz), Franziska K. Huhn, Leonie Schirra (Produktion), Peyee Chen (Sopran), Ted Schmitz (Tenor), Annedore Kleist (Darstellerin), Yui Kawaguchi, Florian Graul (Tanz und Choreografie), Mathis Bereuter (Piano und Keyboard), Jo Ambros (Gitarre und E-Gitarre), Paul Hübner (Trompete), Lorenzo Riessler (Schlagwerk)

A production by Nico and the Navigators, supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. In cooperation with Radialsystem.

Radialsystem media partners: The Berliner, tip Berlin and taz. die tageszeitung

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 03/December/2026 20:00 (3 more dates)
• Venue Radialsystem V
• Address Holzmarktstraße 33, 10243 Berlin-Friedrichshain