TIME OUT      The turbulent beginning of this century slammed us with a vehemence we didn't see coming. The breaking points of the human race, of our civilisations and of our entire planet were never clearer than they are now, at least to us. We feel this reality daily, as well as through the experiences our theater group has had in the past few years . . . Our new production starts at this point, a time out. Time out! Take a break – We stop the time machine, look inside for one moment, think, and truly feel. Where did I come from? Where am I now? Where am I going? Yearning for a time that is perhaps long gone – or does it still lie ahead? Dream or reality? It's about feelings, ones we want to experience again. The new action performance antagon has assembled melts reality with illusion and leads the audience into a fantastical space and time. – A theatrical show that grabs images from the past and present and twists them into visions of a new and better future. "In the rounded stage of antagon's arena, the antagon theater creates a science fiction spectacle about the fight against opression and violence. Poor creatures on stilts are chained together and wipped in their dungeon. Soldiers march forward. Human beings slip out of their outer skins and find that they are still trapped, and the whole atmosphere is stamped with a furry of musical rhythms, dance and impressive imagery on stage. (...) The tableau of the antagon theater lives from constant mood changes and the inversion of circumstances and relationships..." (Zitat: Trottoir Heft 40, Sept.-Nov. 2003, Szene Rhein/Main) In what form do we actually live? What determines the rhythm of our lives? "Time Out" is created in the struggle between constraint and release, or insanity and magic, the opposition between technocratic, uniformal burocracy and the striving for everything elementary and primitive. In a world spun off course, antagon presents a new vision, searchng for a lost spirituality and hunting for a lasting happiness. "Time Out" addresses these themes with expressive physical theater, self-composed live music, projections, stilts, elements from the Japanese Butho dance, spectacular pyrotechnics, and a firery finale. 70 minutes of undulating theater, what audiences expect from antagon "As expected, antagon pulls the ruses out of their bag of tricks and brings a raw, elementary energy to being alive: The metal gnashes, the pavement burns and the performers wirl on yard-high stilts over the platform, so that spectators can't avoid sitting spellbound." (Zitat Frankfurter Rundschau, August 4, 2003, Kultur Frankfurt) details 2006 (PDF). photos. video. tour plan. music & fun stuff. Press Time Out in Laos. Photos - High Quality. Stage Instructions (PDF).