Tornado Watch

How can we meet crisis with curiosity? What does theater have to do with science?

In “Tornado Watch,” two obsessed meteorologists work on recreating weather phenomena at room-scale. Using everyday objects, a performance / installation emerges that deals with analog weather simulations – future weather, fictional weather and impossible weather. “Tornado Watch” approaches huge topics such as climate catastrophes and the question of individual responsibility with playful irreverence. We observe how planets revolve, airplanes take off and ice cubes melt while we wait for a storm that will perhaps never come – all as a subtle soundtrack keeps building in the background. This is a playful plea that we remain curious in the face of crisis.

 About the artists:

Katharina Joy Book is a German author and performer.  Eszter Koncz is a visual artist and performer from Hungary. Since 2020, they have been collaborating in Prague on performances that subtly shift the focus from people to their environment (and back again).

Website: www.tornadowatch.online

Cast & Credits:

a performance by Katharina Joy Book and Eszter Koncz 
sound design:  Adam Paroussos 
dramaturgical support: Eglė Simėnaitė 
special thanks to: Ewan McLaren, Sodja Lotker, Kristýna Jalůvková, Snæfríður Sól, Sumin Sung

Play text (not barrier-free)

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