YEAR:
2022
LOCATION:
BERLIN
STATUS:
COMPLETED
About the Project
Palast Berlin, or Palast Berlin for short, has the world’s biggest theatre stage. It is a state theatre owned by the city of Berlin. The Palast celebrated on October 11 2023 the World Premiere of its most expensive production to date this evening on the world’s biggest theatre stage with the exclusive cooperation of the Austrian company Swarovski, 100 million Swarovski crystals make the most visited theatre in the German capital sparkle. That’s a new world record. There’s never been such a rush of crystals like this before, either in a film or on stage.
About the Show:
Who are you?
You are young, passionate, and full of longing. In Diamond City, he doesn’t fit into any mould. Among the stone-faced people around him, he finds no love. Without any hope, You would just like to sink into the ground. Then the tarmac beneath his feet crumbles, and You fall into a different reality. There, in the lost garden of love, he sees what he has never seen before. That eternal human dream of a better world exists, but walled in by traditional norms, it has lost all its colourfulness. Will a young, deaf poet finally find the words that will make beauty and love blossom again in all their colours? “FALLING IN LOVE” is a fantasy in bloom, as dreamy as it could ever be. For the New York Times, our grand shows are an absolute ‘must-see’! A total of 100 artists from 28 nations on the world’s largest stage, so beautiful it’s hard not to fall in love.
The Concept
FALLING IN LOVE is a fantastical journey that follows You, a young, deaf poet, as he navigates the stark, loveless environment of Diamond City. Feeling out of place and yearning for connection, You’s world is turned upside down when he falls into a hidden garden beneath the city. This garden, a symbol of the eternal human dream for a better world, is vibrant yet constrained by traditional norms. As You explores this new reality, he encounters beauty and love in their purest forms, challenging the boundaries that have kept them hidden. With a cast of 100 artists from 28 nations, this grand show is a visual and emotional spectacle, celebrated by the New York Times as a ‘must-see.’ Will You find the words to make beauty and love blossom again in all their colours? FALLING IN LOVE is a fantasy in bloom, as dreamy as it could ever be.
TEAM
Mamou-Mani Architects
Arthur Mamou-Mani, Nina Pestel, Clinton Mendonca, David Akindipe, Ariadna Wahab
Fab Pub
Mathias Gmachl
Client: Friedrichstadt-Palast Berlin
Meet the entire team involved in the creation of Garden of Love – Falling in Love Team
Special Thanks
Oliver Hoppmann, Jimmy- Can Taymus and Yoko Seyama