Take Me Somewhere | Antje Schupp - You Live You Learn

Part of Take Me Somewhere Festival, 15 to 26 October 

How do you perform when you can’t? How do you work when you shouldn’t? Whom do you ask for help? Your doctor? Your colleagues? Your boss? It begins with a dilemma: how can we speak when we’re out of words? 

When we want to move forward, but feel not able to do so? They say that sometimes we must just take a leap and then a net will appear. Let’s try!

You Live You Learn is about burnout, our relationship to work and the significance it has in society. Despite preventing measures in companies, being burned out is often perceived as the fault of an individual, instead of questioning a system of working conditions. Therefore, many people don't dare to communicate that they are not well. And often enough, they don’t see it coming. 

So there is a difficulty, yet a necessity to speak about burnout to overcome it. This dilemma is the core of the work: It is a performance about non-performing. It moves from darkness to light, from speechlessness to a conversation with the audience. May we all learn something new tonight!

Recommended for ages 18+

Audience notes
Discussion of burnout and mental illness
Audience participation (optional)
Audience is offered alcohol (optional).

Sensory Notes:
Full Blackout
Loud Sound (Drumming)
Audience Participation
Audience Offered Alcohol
Audience Offered Food (Lemons)

ACCESS 
This performance is spoken in English with Closed Captions in English.
Sub Pacs are available for this performance
Visit the Take Me Somewhere Festival Access Page

Credits

Concept / Text / Performance: Antje Schupp
Musical Support / Performance: Martin Gantenbein
Outside Eye: Lola Giouse
Interview: Nadine Jent 

Production: born2perform with the support of Kaserne Basel, LAB residency, Fachausschuss Darstellende Künste BS/BL

With the support of Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council and Swiss Culture Fund UK.

Photo Photo by Pati Grabowicz