The Berlin theatre collective Interrobang premieres Enter the Blackbox at HAU Hebbel am Ufer on Wednesday 25 November 2026 at 8pm. It plays four nights at HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10: in German on 25, 26 and 27 November, and in English on Saturday 28 November. Tickets cost 22 €, reduced 12 €.
Interrobang make participatory pieces about digital technology, in which the audience does more than watch. Here the premise is that the spectators become "tokens", the small units an AI system breaks language into and computes with. Their movements and answers during the evening feed a human-machine system that learns as the show goes on. Till Müller-Klug devised the concept for Interrobang; Manus Nijhoff and Alexandre Silveira did the creative coding and video, Friedrich Greiling the music and Anne Küper the dramaturgy.
What to expect
About 90 minutes in total darkness and fog, with AI-generated video and images and synthetic voices. Photos and videos of the audience are projected and altered by AI during the show. Bring a charged smartphone; HAU has a few tablets to lend. Anyone who would rather not take part can choose a "theatre blackbox" seat at the start.
Good to know
- When: Wednesday 25 November, 8pm (premiere); Thursday 26 November, 7pm; Friday 27 November, 8pm; Saturday 28 November, 8.30pm
- Where: HAU3, Tempelhofer Ufer 10, 10963 Berlin
- Tickets: 22 €, reduced 12 €, through HAU ([email protected], +49 30 259004-27)
- Language: German on 25–27 November, English on 28 November
- Length: about 90 minutes
- Access: HAU3 is on the third floor with stairs only and is not wheelchair accessible
- Getting there: U1, U7 Möckernbrücke, about three minutes on foot
Nearby
On 25 November at 7pm, Kat Válastur's Dive into You plays its last night at HAU1, five minutes away on Stresemannstraße.