Wednesday 28th February – Sunday 4th March 2018
Crossing between illusion and theatre, Philipp Oberlohr’s thrilling new production Das Fest is the surreal sequel to his interactive Das Spiel, which premiered at Ovalhouse and sold out at VAULT Festival in 2016 winning the People’s Choice Award.
Das Fest meaningfully engages audiences, delving into their beliefs, memories and realities.
So, how does this work?
Das Fest is a mindreading experience, celebrating the past and the future of the attendees. Oberlohr could select anyone from the audience – he doesn’t know who will be chosen or what memories they will bring. It could be anybody. This mind-blowing production combines new methods of storytelling, live art, clowning, physical theatre and illusions in a way that will knock you off your feet.
Described as Austria’s Derren Brown (The Independent) and Vienna’s Master Illusionist (Metro), illusionist and performer Philipp Oberlohr creates experiences that border between theatre and performance art.
Oberlohr comments, In Das Fest, I want to create a visual prediction, creating images that describe memories of the audience, before they even decide on one. The audience gets this experience of being seen. It is quite something to have somebody take a look at you and describe one of your childhood memories; this is something that I consider a human need, the need to be seen by others. I’m working on Das Fest in the best environment possible: VAULT Festival. They don’t allow me to be conservative. Only conservative of the good things.
Das Fest has been made possible with support from The Austrian Cultural Forum London.
Performance Dates Wednesday 28th February – Sunday 4th March 2018 Wednesday – Sunday, 7.45pm Saturday matinee, 3.15pm
Running Time 60 minutes
Location VAULT Festival, The Vaults, Leake Street, London SE1 7NN How to get there The Vaults are located underneath Waterloo station (on the Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines). Leave Waterloo Station via Exit 1. Turn right onto Station Road Approach and keep on the right hand side of the road. Walk all the way to the bottom of the road and go down the first set of stairs you come to and turn right at the bottom of the stairs. The entrance to the VAULT Festival is 10 meters down the graffiti tunnel on the right hand side.
Box Office Tickets are available priced £13 from www.vaultfestival.com
Twitter @PhilippOberlohr, #DasFestShow