MARS 2064 - Joke Emmers, Boris Van Severen, Daphne Wellens, Birgit Aertgeerts

When, due to war, global warming, rebellious AI, and gender mislabeling, living conditions on Earth threatened to become increasingly impossible, it was decided in 2060 to build a settlement space station on Mars. Four years later, a team of scientists - along with a thousand fertilized eggs - is sent to Mars to rebuild human civilization from the ground up. However, when the four arrive on Mars and wake up from their cryo-cell, they receive the message from Earth that a better planet has since been found for the restart of civilization and that their mission is no longer important. But their journey to Mars was a one-way ticket. Here they are. Fleeing an impossible planet for... a meaningless existence. Waiting for Godot, but unless Godot has a spaceship, they are going to have to wait a very long time. The four try to make the best of it anyway and set up the foundations of a new society. It soon becomes clear that completely redefining a new society in practice is a bit less evident than they thought in theory. Four people, a grumpy robot BEL.a, and one contact person on Earth who is starting to show an increasing lack of interest in the five of them. Four individuals unable to form a group, let alone a society. Mars 2064 is a tragicomic search for what it means to be human. By and with Performance: Joke Emmers, Boris Van Severen, Daphne Wellens, Birgit Aertgeerts Virtueel present: Peter Van den Eede & Nico Sturm Regie: Frank Van Passel Scenario: Jef Hoogmartens