all the rivers flow: Light Trees

Multi-sensory performance with DGS

– A person signing on stage in a red and white beams of lights which creater 2 shadows behind the person on the floor and one shadow in front of them.

Light Trees is a poetic, multisensory performance set in a world of creatures and light, where violence drains the land of its color and radiance. Triggered by the Japanese government's efforts to revise and erase the history of WWII sexual slavery, the piece metaphorically depicts this process of injustice. 

The piece is performed by two Deaf artists in German Sign Language, poetic sign, and Visual Vernacular. Throughout the performance, moving lights and music (with lyrics in spoken English) accompany the stories. Sometimes, the soundscore contains vibrations, so that Deaf audiences can physically feel them. Light Trees is presented as a relaxed performance.

The first version of the piece that premiered in February 2025 was supported by IMPACT-Förderung. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt. 

Disclaimer: There will be content about sexual violence. A fog machine will be used.

The first version of the piece that premiered in February 2025 was supported by IMPACT-Förderung. Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt.

Next date:

• Date Friday, 02/October/2026 20:00 ( 1 more date )
• Venue ausland
• Address Lychener Str. 60, 10437 Berlin