​Synopsis

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What did people around the year 2025 think, know, do, fear, and hope for? This is precisely what people in the year 2075 want to understand so they can comprehend why they live the way they do. Therefore, they send a scientist, a philosopher, a diplomat, an activist, and three masters of ceremonies back to Vienna around the turn of the quarter-century. Their mission is to explore with the audience, among other things, the three Kantian questions in an adapted form: What should we know? What can we do? What may we hope for?

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End to Begin premiered on October 14, 2024, at the Odeon Theater in Vienna.

Running time: 1hr 45min (without intermission) 

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WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY

Gloria Benedikt

 

CAST

 

The future Generation  * 2050 

 

The Scientist                 Felix Frank    

The Philosopher            Bety Aubrechtová

The Diplomat                 Xenia Samstag

The Activist                  Gordan Kukic

 

Masters of Ceremony 

 

Sara Casey               Song 

Marietta Kro            Dance

Robert Weithas       Dance 

 

Ambassadors to the Future Generation 

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Andrea Gori

Katharina Rogenhofer

John Schellnhuber 

Reinhard Steurer 

 

Postman

Adriano Vinca 

 

Choreography

Gloria Benedikt, Marietta Kro, Robert Weithas

 

Music

Ólafur Arnalds, Oliver Davis, Nils Frahm, Luke Howard, Jóhann Jóhannsson

 

Scientific Advice

Elena Rovenskaya, Adriano Vinca

 

Cultural Advice

Aayushma KC

 

Video Editing

Patrick Zadrobilek