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  a non-stop performance installation in Halle Kalk, Cologne/Germany The 13th of October 2007 SIGNA launched a spectacular new project in collaboration with Schauspiel Köln – a complete town of 22 houses (including shops, bar, restaurant and peep show) with adjoining military quarters inhabited by more than 40 performers. Time: Block I: Saturday the 13th of October at 12.00h until Sunday the 14th of October at 24.00h, nonstop Block II: Friday the 19th of October at 12.00h until Sunday the 21st of October at 24.00h, nonstop Block III: Thursday the 25th of October at 12.00h until Sunday the 28th of October at 24.00h, nonstop Place: Cologne, Halle Kalk (Neuerburgstrasse), enter from Ottmar-Pohl-Platz (see map here) Tickets: On site or phone +49/221/22128400 Price: 17 € (reduced 9 €) for a period of 12 hours In 1880 a girl at around the age of 10 appeared in the German village Schwarza by the temporary camp of the Cirque Rubin. The girl never revealed her past and as no one claimed the child, she was taken into care by the circus and was given the name Martha Rubin. She became a graceful dancer and a remarkable horse rider, but it was her dark gift as an oracle that won her fame as a fairground attraction all over Europe. Martha Rubin gave birth to 17 children out of marriage. 7 of them - including the siamese twins Marthina and Corina, she raised together with the female sword swallower Cora Torrini. In 1913 Martha Rubin disappeared without a trace from the Romanian harbor city Constanta Throughout the many years after her disapperrance Martha Rubin has reappeared on several European locations . A vast amount of footage and audio recordings document these occurences. In 1933 the relatives of Martha Rubin formed The Martha Rubin Society to collect and to understand the signs and traces of the oracle. In our time most of Martha Rubin´s descendants live in Ruby Town, a settlement in the borderland between the North and the South State. For more than 30 years Ruby Town has been of special interest to the North State military, not only because of the illegal trade with the South but also due to an inexplicable radiation. In Halle Kalk, a large abandoned industrial hall, Ruby Town is built from materials normally discarded by our civilization – scrap, wrecks and garbage are the basis for the artificial European settlement which huddles in the borderland between two walls. Narrow and twisted alleys lead through the labyrinthine heart of Ruby Town to a shrine that for many years has contained the few belongings of the disappeared oracle. Now Martha Rubin herself has come back to Ruby Town from the limbo in which she was trapped and the descendants gather around to listen to her dark visions.      Signa Sørensen & Arthur Köstler Directing Signa Sørensen Production Design Signa Sørensen Thomas Bo Nilsson Arthur Köstler Media & Technical Design Arthur Köstler Set Design Thomas Bo Nilsson Assisting Set Design Linn Lamberg Dramaturge Sybille Meier Cast Ana Valeria González Andreas Nickel Angelika Christ-Dyrda Arthur Köstler Beatrice Fleischlin Birgitte Klebel Christian Svennevig Christophe Irwanto Claudia Erez Dominik Klingberg Emil Groth Larsen Erich Goldmann Frank Bätge Frank Morath Gregor Kukwa Gry Worre Hallberg Ilil Land-Boss Inga Gerner Nielsen Inge Cürten-Noack Iwona Rejmus Jenny Steenken Judith Fraune Juri Padel Kathrin Osterberg Katrin Wälz Linn Lamberg Louisa Aisin Maria Pía Bertoldi Marie-Lydie Nokouda Max Pross Nina Hellenkemper Nina Sigurd Norbert Thomé Saskia Rüsenberg Serkan Temel Signa Sørensen Sol Montaldo Stig Eivind Vatne Thomas Bo Nilsson Toaseef Chughtai Tom Wirtz Thanks Andreas Frank Family Ekjær Sørensen Family Köstler Family Vosen Kerstin Faber KIT Mc Korman Nana Franciska Schottländer SEAS Tapetorama Tina Kraft Supported by   |
