© Rob Lewis
75-minute performance, premiered on the 3rd of October 2025 at Dampfzentrale Theater Bern, Switzerland.
Synopsis
Conceived as a haunting dreamscape unfolding in three acts—Paradise, Purgatory, and Inferno—through an accessible yet provocative metaphor, the performance critically examines our fragile human condition in an era marked by polarization and escalating conflicts, exposing how human beings destroy one another due to imaginary stories that reside in our minds.
Concept / Direction: Omar Ghayatt · Performance: Emma Murray, Giulin Stäubli, Maria Rebecca Sautter, Maria Demandt, Sofia Zambrano Olivares, Shebli Albau · Dramaturge: Noëmi Steffen · Movement coach: Emma Murray · Scenography: Omar Ghayatt · Costume: Ernestyna Orlowska · Soundscape / Music: Wendelin Schmidt-Ott · Light: Demian Jakob · Assistant Director: Aline Bissig · Exterior Eye: Magdalena Nadolska · Production: Studio Moroni · Production Management: Das Theater Kolleg · Co-production: Dampfzentrale Bern & Festival D-CAF, Cairo.
The Lucky Children
The Lucky Children is a dream-like ride that dives into the inner universe of three people grappling with memory disorders. The events take place on a desolate, windswept beach while they strive to rekindle their memories; in a world where past and present have merged, desperately clinging to the remnants of their fading memories as a lifeline, they celebrate these dimming recollections before they vanish entirely. On stage, the boundaries between childhood and old age blur and dissolve in a poignant display.