Andrea Baker Mezzo Soprano

A Year Without Summer
2026-02-11 19:30, 2026-02-12 19:30, 2026-02-13 19:30 UTC | Volksbühne Berlin, Linienstraße 227, Berlin, 10178, Germany
1816: It’s the year that goes down in history as A Year Without Summer, and Mary Shelley is to create Frankenstein, a genius forcing nature to bend to his will, ending up in destruction with his monster assembled from corpses‘ parts. A Year Without Summer is an apocalyptic vision of artificial life: In an attempt to conquer nature, the body becomes the testing ground, subjected to ever more radical climatic conditions.
A Year Without Summer is about improving nature to the point of perversion, and about playing off the promise of eternal life against the certainty of death.
Directing, Choreography & Performance: Florentina Holzinger
Stage Design: Nikola Knežević
Lighting: Kevin Sock
Dramaturgy Volksbühne: Leonie Hahn
A production by Florentina Holzinger/Spirit, neon lobster, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz Berlin. In coproduction with Tanzquartier Vienna, International Summer Festival Kampnagel, Dansenhus Stockholm, DESINGEL Antwerp, Maska Ljubljana, asphalt Festival Düsseldorf, Rising Melbourne, Factory International Manchester und Marvaða Iceland
