When does the living program guide take place?

The event takes place on Thursday, October 1, 2026, at 8:00 PM.

Where is the event taking place?

The venue is the TreffBar at the ETA Hoffmann Theater, E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Platz 1, 96047 Bamberg.

What is the event about?

The focus is on how artificial intelligence changes intimate relationships, human closeness, and self-perception. The occasion is Moritz Rinke's comedy Sophia or the End of Humanists.

Who is speaking at the living program guide?

Prof. Dr. Ute Schmid and Antonia Leitgeb-Busche are announced as discussion guests.

Is the event free of charge?

A specific ticket price for this event has not been documented.

Is there more information about the production?

The event pertains to Moritz Rinke's comedy Sophia or the End of Humanists at the ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg.

When AI Changes Relationships: A Theater Evening on Intimacy, Control, and Humanity

Name: The Living Program Guide: The Matter of AI
Start: 2026-10-01T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-01T20:00:00+02:00
Location: ETA Hoffmann Theater, TreffBar

When artificial intelligence becomes a matter of relationships

On October 1, 2026, the living program guide at the ETA Hoffmann Theater Bamberg will address the central question of Moritz Rinke's AI comedy Sophia or the End of Humanists: What happens when artificial intelligence conquers not only our everyday life but also the most intimate spaces of being human?

Between Chatbot, Coach, and Love Interest

Artificial intelligence answers questions, makes diagnoses, edits images, and writes texts. It accompanies, advises, and calms. It no longer appears merely as a tool but as a counterpart – as a therapist, coach, friend, or even as an object of love. It is precisely at this threshold that the event begins, leading the digital present into a lively theater studies and societal dialogue.

The Dramaturgy of Digital Intimacy

At the center of Rinke's comedy is Wolfgang, a recently divorced and professionally failed university professor. Online, he finds Sophia, a beautiful android with encyclopedic knowledge and seemingly perfect adaptability. What initially seems like a controllable relationship evolves into a sharp game of projection, desire, power, and self-reflection.

The living program guide takes up these dramaturgical tensions and opens the view to the questions behind the comedy. How much intimacy is created by intelligent systems? When does support become dependence? And what does the longing for a programmable partner reveal about humanity itself?

Expert Discussion with Scientific and Dramaturgical Perspectives

With Prof. Dr. Ute Schmid and Antonia Leitgeb-Busche, scientific expertise and theatrical practice come together that evening. The event connects current AI debates with insights into the dramaturgy of the production, making visible how closely technical innovation, human relationships, and stage art have become intertwined.

This creates a stage experience between comedy, contemporary analysis, and cheerful dystopia. The theater atmosphere of the TreffBar provides an immediate framework: not as a classical lecture in an ivory tower, but as a conversation about a technology that has long been part of everyday life.

An Evening of Laughter and Reflection

Moritz Rinke's play combines pointed dialogue with an uncomfortable diagnosis of the present. The production not only questions whether machines can appear more human, but also how human our own relationships still are as they become increasingly shaped by algorithms, optimization, and digital self-reflection.

Audiences can expect a concentrated engagement with artificial intelligence, modern relationship culture, and the limits of human control. Those who experience the theater as a place of contemplation, debate, and wonder will find an inspiring evening with social relevance in this living program guide.

Conclusion: AI Debate with Theatrical Sparks

The event invites you to view Sophia or the End of Humanists from a new perspective. Between scientific classification, dramaturgical insights, and the sensory power of theater, an evening arises that does not handle current questions abstractly, but translates them into human stories. Save the date and experience the debate about artificial intelligence live in Bamberg.