theater play for 12 actors, video and multi-channel audio
performed by analogtheater cologne

What would a world without humans look like? A world that we are constantly rediscovering. Beings and worlds arise and disappear in an endless stream of creativity. Time doesn’t matter. Everything exists simultaneously, in parallel, reorganized, isolated, and together…

In corporation with a children’s and youth ensemble, ANALOG immerses the audience in a wondrous world of digital landscapes and atmospheres full of sounds, where we encounter other and new forms of life. IMAGINE means … your imagination. A joy in existence, a celebration of life.

adult performer: Dorothea Foertsch, Hanna Held, Lara Pietjou, Jonas Becker, Ingmar Skrinjar
youth and children performer: Ella, Jana, Jonte, Leonie, Matteo und Elise

composer: Ben Lauber
director: Daniel Schuessler
stage and costume design: Eva Sauermann
production manager: Hanna Held
visual artist: Michael Schmitz
technical manager: Tommy Vella,
dramaturgy: Laura Becker
assistant director and inclusive dramaturgy: Rina Schmeing
trainee: Jana Eckart
assistant stage and costume design: Camille Schwarz
dramaturgy support comedia: Ben Denke
theater teacher: Moritz Toelle
audio description: Jana Griess und ANALOG
audio description support: Yasha Mueller
outside ear: Sabine Kuxdorf
finances: Niels Nester
press and public relations: neurohr & andrä

production: ANALOG, studiobuehne cologne, comedia cologne

funded by:
Kulturamt der Stadt Koeln, Fonds Darstellende Kuenste, NRW Landesbuero Freie Darstellende Kuenste, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW, RheinEnergieStiftung Kultur

upcoming:
2027 june

past:
2026 april 18 (evening) Comedia Cologne (sold out)
2026 april 17 (evening) Comedia Cologne (sold out)
2026 april 17 (morning) Comedia Cologne (sold out)
2026 april 16 Comedia (morning) Cologne (sold out)
2026 april 15 Comedia (evening) Cologne (sold out)
2025 Dezember 03 (evening) Comedia Cologne
2025 Dezember 03 (morning) Comedia Cologne
2025 Dezember 02 (morning) Comedia Cologne
2025 November 30 (afternoon) Comedia Cologne
2025 November 29 (evening) Comedia Cologne

awards : 
cologne children's and youth theater award 2026 (Koelner Kinder- und Jugendtheaterpreis) – nomination

external links:
https://analogtheater.de/wir/2025-imagine-welt-ohne-uns/
https://www.comedia-koeln.de/buehne/termine/