Dear Human Animals
Hellmann
Soloperformance

23.09.2021 – 25.09.2021 Schlachthaus Theater Bern (CH)
27.11.2020 - 29.11.2020 Gessnerallee Zürich (CH)
24.11.2020 - 25.11.2020 Gessnerallee Zürich (CH)

TRAILER

How do we bear something that is unbearable? How do we change something that we cannot change all by ourselves? And how do we become something that we are not?
Soya the Cow attempts the impossible. As a species-fluid, vegan drag cow she stands for love, freedom and climate justice for all living beings. With strong arguments and moving songs she challenges the self-image of humankind as the centre of the universe, to which all non-human beings are subordinated. Deeply rooted in the fundamental discomfort of a single individual, Soya transcends human limitations. She is pop star and healer, activist and clown, present and future.
Daniel Hellmann's new solo performance is carried by the power and ridiculousness of his cow- shaped desire to change the world. Dear Human Animals uses the theatre space for the experience and reflection of transformative action.

Credits
Artistic Direction, Concept, Text: Daniel Hellmann

Performance: Soya the Cow / Daniel Hellmann

Dramaturgy: Daniela Lehmann

Music: Philipp Constantin

Final directing: Anne Welenc
Costumes: Ran Chai Bar-Zvi

Stage and Light Design: Theres Indermaur

Video: Nora Smith

Headpiece: Nadja Jeberien

Outside Eye: Marion Zurbach

Voice Over: Emily Magorrian

Production: Patricia Bianchi

Booking & Touring: Florence Francisco

Administration: Regula Spirig

A production by 3Art3 in co-production with Gessnerallee Zürich and Schlachthaus Theater Bern

With the support of Stadt Zürich Kultur, Fachstelle Kultur Kanton Zürich, Pro Helvetia, Fondation Nestlé pour l'Art, Schweizerische Interpretenstiftung, Burgergemeinde Bern