Staatstheater Augsburg

NOTE: To book slots on Thu or Fri, you have to be a ticket holder or have a FFM festival badge.

Welcome to "Ekklesia," - an immersive VR-building game where the audience is guided through a story by three narrators, not only creating a new civilization but also unlocking the secrets of a long-gone society.
Equipped with VR goggles and controllers, each player builds a new civilization. The decisions made not only influence the construction of the city but also the direction in which the story develops. The gameplay is increasingly broken up and replaced by narrative elements.
In collaboration with the digital division, author Robert Maximilian Rausch created a total of 60 scenes in which the three narrator characters have their say. These scenes are arranged in different sequences and ensure a coherent experience, regardless of the game's course. Participants can shape the plot individually, resulting in a completely different story for each person.
"Ekklesia" means 'place of coming together' and so, approximately once a month, the audience sits around a table of eight in the Old Rock Café and enters a new virtual world using VR glasses. Somebody can select time slots for a game session to take place.