Showcase moment in Room 1 | Micha Goldberg & Rosie Sommers: Oedipus The King - Theatre in the Museum

From 7.Jan.25 to 26.Jan.25, Micha Goldberg & Rosie Sommers will be guests in Room 1 at S.M.A.K. During the experimentation phase of their new project, Oedipus The King - Theatre in the Museum, they aim to develop and deploy their method and style of play to question ‘repertoire’ as a form within the theatre system. They explore this by placing Oedipus The King, written by the Greek Sophocles, in a museum context, stripping it of all illusions of the black box. In doing so, they collaborate with artist and scenographer Carolin Gieszner and technician Freek Willems.

Micha Goldberg: "In this research, we aim to reflect on how we can transform repertoire theater into an exhibition. We want to give repertoire theater a context that allows it to be seen as a timeless object, even though it is not static but a moving, living entity.

In the spirit of the 1960s ‘happenings,’ we also want to challenge the serene atmosphere of the contemporary museum, making it a bit rougher. Theater offers an opportunity for vitality, for chaos, for inspiration. The emotions performed in our version of Oedipus and other Dramas are the same emotions expressed in paintings. In a timeless way, we present these emotions ‘live.’ We imagine that the gift theater can bring to the museum is a form of primal joy, an emotional eruption cutting through the sterile environment of the museum."