R2D2_or_not_2B2 - De Warme Winkel

Name: R2D2_or_not_2B2 - De Warme Winkel - Wonkapodia
Start: 2027-03-09T20:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-14T00:01:22+02:00
Location: Parktheater Eindhoven

Theater en toneel

Ask AI for the high point of theatre history and the answer is, without a doubt, Hamlet. Shakespeare’s famous play is a virtuoso revenge drama full of timeless dilemmas about love, madness, creativity and death.

In R2D2_or_not_2B2 , a dozen robots take over the theatre: a mix of intelligent vacuum cleaners, bionic quadrupeds and androids in an existential crisis. In a witty and confronting interpretation, they try to reconstruct the world-famous play like the shards of a broken vase. As they lose themselves in their roles, they reflect hyper-self-consciously on the theatrical forms they employ and, through the iconic characters, explore what being human actually means.

Just as Hamlet once stood on the threshold between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, we now find ourselves in a transition to a digital age. In a monumental set, R2D2_or_not_2B2 presents a free, intelligent adaptation of the play that is as timeless as it is topical.

De Warme Winkel previously caused a sensation in Germany with R2D2_or_not_2B2.

What the media say about R2D2_or_not_2B2
“Perversion, pain and poetry – isn’t that what life is all about? With entertainment and a successful subversion of reality, De Warme Winkel asks precisely this question." (Die Deutsche Bühne)
“This clever and playful production also tackles the question of whether humans can escape their programming of biological hardware and social software." (Neue Presse)