An inexplicable crack in the Pyrenees Mountains provokes excitement and scientific curiosity. As the geological fracture deepens and widens, the European community begins to disassociate itself from the calamity, and panic ensues among tourists and residents attempting to escape. When Spain and Portugal physically separate from the continent, the detached Iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea, becoming home to a group of god-like humans.

At a busy intersection, a man waits for the traffic light to turn green and – suddenly goes blind. A helpful passer-by brings the blind man home; a little later he also becomes blind. A strange epidemic seems to have broken out, with more and more people in the city turning blind from one moment to the next. To avoid further contagion, the government cannot think of another solution but to intern the victims in a deserted mental institution. Disoriented, left to themselves, and unable to grasp their destiny, the blind seek to organise their lives in this new environment. But the more people arrive, the more unbearable, chaotic, and violent the situation becomes.
In his novel »Blindness«, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the great Portuguese storyteller José Saramago not only paints the realistic picture of a sudden catastrophe, but also reveals the philosophical universe of a general blindness in which human action appears as violent and ridiculously grotesque. We are delighted that Kay Voges, who was recently invited to the Berliner Theatertreffen with his spectacular production of »Borderline Prozession«, will be staging a play for the first time for the Deutsches SchauSpielHaus.

Premieres 16/03/2019 SchauSpielHaus

As the lights change at a major crossroads in a city in the heart of Europe a car grinds to a halt. Its driver can drive no more. Suddenly, without warning or cause, he has gone blind. Within hours it is clear that this is a blindness like no other. This blindness is infectious. Within days an epidemic of blindness has spread through the city. The government tries to quarantine the contagion by herding the newly blind people into an empty asylum. But their attempts are futile. The city is in panic.

Award-winning playwright Simon Stephens has adapted Nobel Prize-winner José Saramago’s dystopian novel Blindness as a sound installation for the Donmar Warehouse, directed by Walter Meierjohann with immersive binaural sound design by Ben and Max Ringham. Juliet Stevenson voices the Storyteller/Doctor’s wife in this gripping story of the rise and, ultimately, profoundly hopeful end of an unimaginable global pandemic.

This hour-long ticketed installation for a limited number of visitors will run four times a day, with seating arranged 2m apart in accordance with social distancing guidelines in a transformed Donmar Warehouse. Visitors will listen on headphones as the narrative unfolds around them.

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Adam（杰克·吉伦哈尔 Jake Gyllenhaal 饰）是一所大学的历史系副教授，和女朋友生活在一起，每天上班下班，过着平静的生活。直到一天，他在一部电影里发现了一个长得和他一模一样的演员。他利用互联网找到了该演员的资料，并联系上了他。
和Adam长得一模一样的演员叫Anthony，有一个怀孕的妻子，他一开始只把Adam当成一个疯狂的影迷，直到上网搜索了Adam的资料，终于下决心和Adam见面。
两人约定在一个旅馆见面，Adam见到一个长得和自己一模一样的Anthony，心生恐惧，告知对方此后不要再见便匆匆离开。然而几天后，Anthony却出现在Adam家中，并提出了一个奇怪的要求......

　　诺贝尔奖得主Jose Saramago的小说《Blindness》将被搬上电影舞台。书中描述了一个陷入致盲病毒的城市，导火线从一名司机点燃，突然失明后，他得到了一个人的善意帮助，这条线继续燃烧下去，眼科医生也来帮助他们了，故事就这样开始了。所有的致盲者都被关进了一座废弃的精神病院，重兵把守，不惜生命的代价也要制止疾病的扩散。 Julianne Moore将扮演唯一没有失明的人——医生的善良妻子， 著名黑人电影人Danny Glover在片中扮演一名致盲的黑人老者。尽管主角来自美国，但这部电影是由日本、巴西、加拿大合拍的国际性电影