Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends is a Berlin-based group consisting of professional performers, musicians, thinkers and many other collaborators from various fields. Interdisciplinarity and a cross-disciplinary approach are at the heart of their artistic practice. Their works oscillate between theater, architecture, concert and visual arts. They are characterized by an unpredictable dramaturgy, absurd humour and a non-hierarchical interplay of performers, objects, light and sound. The production processes are always peppered with a variety of perspectives: Stories from different cultures alternate with pop-cultural set pieces and scenarios from science fiction, preceded by analytical-academic research processes. The process itself always extends beyond a theatrical framing in order to find its way back onto the stage. The group regularly presents its work at Sophiensæle, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, FFT Düsseldorf and Gessnerallee Zurich. They are also invited to festivals such as Impulse (NRW), Spielart (Munich), steirischer herbst (Graz) and donaufestival (Krems).
