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MAKE CYBER PUNK AGAIN
Church of Code
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MAKE CYBER PUNK AGAIN
Church of Code
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MAKE CYBER PUNK AGAIN
Church of Code
MCPA Theater Performance
An evening of theater dedicated to accelerated salvation—for believers, doubters, and soon obsolete humans.
In a theatrical "tech service," we connect with the philosophies truly lurking behind the glossy façade of our everyday digital lives and technologies—forces that affect us all, whether we use them or not...
What lies behind the belief in limitless technological acceleration? What stories do the promises of salvation from tech giants tell? Why do some people genuinely believe their AI is a deity? And what remains of us humans amidst this high-tech landscape?
Hosanna—glory to the God in your pocket: We gather with our blessed smartphones and let them sing and speak to us! For one immersive, multimedia evening, we join a new congregation: stepping into a future that could emerge very soon... provided we accept its terms.
Gloria in excelsis Tech-Bro.
For thine is the wealth and the power and the glory forever.
Send.
Please bring your smartphone with a fully charged battery to the performance.
You do not need mobile data. Only faith.
Charging cables are available in the foyer.
(You can still attend the evening without a smartphone.)
23 / 25 / 26 / 30 September / 2 October
Show start 8 pm
Tickets normal 18 EUR / reduced 13 EUR / students & colleagues 9 EUR / Soliticket 0 EUR
Part of our multi-project 
Direction / Texts / Media Jonas Vietzke
Ensemble Andrea Casabianchi, Johannes Fast, Dennis Pörtner, Jonas Vietzke
Stage Design Britta Bremer
Costume Design Marie Harneit
Artistic direction multi-project MAKE CYBER PUNK AGAIN Jonas Vietzke, Lena Kußmann
shows in German
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»CHURCH OF CODE is technically a devious game, yet one driven by humanism and protest. Time is running out to brake before we plunge into digital unfreedom—a point this compelling production makes with unsubtle, stark clarity.
Vietzke—along with Andrea Casabianchi, Johannes Fast, and Dennis Pörtner, who serve as his acolytes—begins by turning the audience into accomplices. Everyone has their smartphone with them. They are directed to a website where the text and audio pace the evening. A poll reveals that, on opening night, 52 percent of the guests had already spent more time online than offline.
Vietzke and his troupe lead the congregation in prayer and song. Through quotes and videos, they expose the unscrupulousness of those controlling the levers of technological progress: their dehumanizing view of users, the environmental destructiveness of server farms, and the threat to democracy that arises when wealth and power are left entirely unchecked.
Yet, for now, smartphones still illuminate the hall. The power symbol glows above the altar on stage, and it shines in white makeup on the performers' foreheads, too. For theirs is the power, the network, and the glory—in sanctimonious hypocrisy. Amen.« → read more
– HAZ, Stefan Gohlisch, 24.09.2026