Name: Traces in Memory or What Remains. A Play on the Topic of Dementia
Start: 2026-09-24T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-24T20:30:00+02:00
Location: VHS Bamberg Stadt

A quiet stage experience that resonates long after

With Traces in Memory or What Remains, a theater evening opens in Bamberg that relies on no words and precisely because of this, touches with extraordinary power. The 90-minute pantomime theater by pohyb's und konsorten approaches the themes of dementia, aging, and the loss of familiar certainties with delicate physicality, precise direction, and poetic calm.

When everyday life cracks

The production shows episodes in which routines break, memories fade, and the world falls out of its familiar balance. From movements, glances, touches, and sounds, an intense theater atmosphere emerges where the unspeakable becomes visible. It is the reduction to the essentials that gives this evening its emotional weight.

Nonverbal theater with great expressiveness

Maike Jansen and Stefan Ferencz rely on pantomime, body theater, and a minimalist style of play that leaves room for the audience's own images. The dramaturgical idea is clear and touching: Not language carries the evening, but rhythm, gestures, and those silent moments in which memory and presence come closer together. Thus, a sensitive stage experience arises, which is both attentive and compelling.

An anniversary evening with social relevance

The Alzheimer Society Bamberg e.V. invites to this play as part of its 20th anniversary celebration. The evening combines artistic perception with education and discussion: Afterwards, consultation by members of the Alzheimer Society is possible, and a book table invites continued reflection. Admission is free, donations are welcome.

What the audience can expect

Those looking for a quiet, wise, and deeply human theater evening in Bamberg will find here not a loud spectacle, but a finely crafted piece of stage art. Traces in Memory or What Remains offers space for empathy, memory, and an honest look at life in old age. An event that one does not just attend, but experiences.