Challenges
Rather than attempting to condense these experiences into a conventional stage play, the project invites the audience on a journey through the Altwerk, transforming the theatre building itself into a performative space. At various unconventional locations, young performers articulate their perspectives using different artistic forms, offering intimate insights into their thoughts, doubts and emotions.
Artistic and Conceptual Approach
The project is rooted in participation, collaboration and self-expression. Texts written by the young performers are placed alongside established works, creating a dialogue between personal experience and cultural reference.
Central themes include the relationship between the individual and their environment, communication and action within groups, and the ongoing search for identity. The performative structure allows these themes to unfold spatially and collectively, emphasising process over linear narration.
Direction was led by actors Klaus Köhler and Holger Kraft, while the audience’s access to the performance followed a clearly defined yet exploratory path through the Rollwerk.
Spatial & Communicative Strategy
By guiding the audience through different locations within the theatre complex, the project dissolves traditional boundaries between stage and auditorium. Space becomes an active narrative element, shaping how stories are perceived and experienced.
Communication design plays a supporting role in structuring orientation, transitions and accessibility, enabling the audience to navigate the performance while remaining open to unexpected encounters and perspectives.
Impact & Cultural Relevance
Jeder für sich und doch nicht alleine creates a space in which young voices become visible and audible within an institutional cultural setting. The project demonstrates how participatory theatre can foster dialogue, reflection and collective experience — not by offering definitive answers, but by making complexity tangible.
As a project of the Junge Ensemble at Theater Rüsselsheim, it highlights the importance of cultural participation and artistic collaboration in enabling young people to explore identity, belonging and social interaction.
