lavomatik

With their love for unusual sounds and their flair for intertwining acoustic and visual action, the young composition and performance duo Mercier/Böttcher has become an insider tip within the independent music theatre scene. In their piece, they explore the absurdity of life from inside a washing drum. What lies behind the strange idea of “purity” that laundry detergent advertising has been suggesting for generations? What is truly hidden in a medieval legend about washerwomen? And doesn’t the cycle of a washing machine symbolically reflect the relentless sequence of life’s stages—from cradle to grave? You’ll never load your drum thoughtlessly again…

CONCEPT, COMPOSITION, TEXT, DIRECTION Ludmilla Mercier, Jakob Böttcher

WITH Ludmilla Mercier, Jakob Böttcher, Trixi Strobel (Performance) Julien Mégroz (Percussion), Lis Marti (Piano)

CREATIVE COLLABORATION HYPER DUO (Julien Mégroz & Gilles Grimaitre) SET DESIGN Pablo Mena Escudero LIGHTING Erwin Fonseca Arande 

A production by BAM! – Berlin Festival for Contemporary Music Theatre 2025 With kind support from Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council, and Impuls Neue Musik

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