Lab Rats at Waschhaus Potsdam: Body Art in the Glass Cage
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A glass terrarium full of closeness, risk, and quiet comedy
With Lab Rats, the Swiss Cie Moost brings a circus stage experience to Potsdam that intertwines dance, theater, and acrobatics into a finely balanced encounter. Two people, enclosed in a glass cosmos, struggle for coexistence, communication, and the fragile art of togetherness. The performance lasts 55 minutes, is non-verbal, and takes place as part of UNIDRAM on November 6, 2026, at 20:45 in the Waschhaus Arena. ([unidram.de](https://www.unidram.de/de/ensemble/cie-moost/lab-rats?utm_source=openai))
When the body becomes dramaturgy
Marc Oosterhoff develops a movement language with Owen Winship that consists of touch, weight shifting, carrying, and evasion. In Lab Rats, every gesture becomes a dramaturgical decision, every glance a miniature drama. The piece does not tell loudly, but precisely: about adaptation and resistance, about openness and betrayal, about the subtle frictions that shape every relationship. The official description speaks of two people living like lab rats in a terrarium, struggling for a shared order. ([ciemoost.com](https://www.ciemoost.com/labrats/?utm_source=openai))
Between acrobatics, theater atmosphere, and quiet tension
Cie Moost, founded in 2017 by Marc Oosterhoff, connects dance, theater, and circus into a consciously unelitist stage art. This is precisely where Lab Rats draws its strength: from the interplay between lightness and danger, humor and existential closeness. The audience reaction is likely to be characterized by tense attention, as the stage experience does not rely on effects but on the crackling in the space between bodies. Oosterhoff was awarded the Prix de la relève by the Fondation Vaudoise pour la Culture in 2021; in 2023, he received the June Johnson Newcomer Prize. ([ciemoost.com](https://www.ciemoost.com/en/the-company/?utm_source=openai))
The venue: Waschhaus Arena in Schiffbauergasse
The Waschhaus Arena is located in the cultural quarter Schiffbauergasse and is generally accessible for visitors with mobility impairments; accessible restrooms are available. Waschhaus recommends arriving by public transport, as there is a parking garage directly next to the building, but spaces are limited. For Lab Rats, the infrastructure thus becomes part of the theater evening: urban, close, immediate. ([waschhaus.de](https://www.waschhaus.de/barrierefreiheit?utm_source=openai))
Why this evening is worth it
Lab Rats promises not a classic spoken theater but a precise, sensual stage experience full of body intelligence and poetic tension. Anyone interested in contemporary direction, acrobatic precision, and clever dramaturgy will experience a quietly vibrating gem of the festival here. An evening for all who want not only to see theater but to feel it in the space. ([unidram.de](https://www.unidram.de/de/ensemble/cie-moost/lab-rats?utm_source=openai))
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