Mitzi’s Mensch

Dear audience! Did curiosity kill Schrödinger’s cat? Or was it the audience’s gaze? Welcome to Mitzi’s Mensch! A non-human lecture performance about the reality we don’t normally see. With the help of a charismatic narrator and a variety of audio-visual illustrations, we will learn more about humans, animals and the special bond between them. We will try to convey all this in a clear, human language and logic, specially tailored for you. There will be a special focus on a very famous experiment that has never happened in real life. And for the first time in human history, we will actually do it – here, together, live. And you will be a witness!

Ariel Doron is a puppeteer, director and performer based in Berlin. His work often tackles difficult social and political issues with playful ease and great humour. His productions have won numerous awards and are regularly invited to international festivals and theatres in Europe, Asia and the USA. Born in Israel, he studied film at Tel Aviv University, puppetry at the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem, and attended puppetry courses and masterclasses in Israel and France. Doron also animates puppets for television and cinema productions and plays the popular character “Elmo” on Israel’s “Sesame Street”. He has taught and lectured at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Stuttgart, UQAM Université de Québec à Montréal and the Central School of Speech & Drama in London. Ariel Doron has been a guest at asphalt several times, with his internationally acclaimed piece “Plastic Heroes” (2017) and the interactive object performances “Boxed” (2020) and “Do not open!” (2021). 

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What the press says:

“Fascinatingly staged with the simplest means, Doron’s pieces are a work of finest irony.” (Göttinger Tageblatt)

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