"Clean" at the Gas Plant: Theater about Intoxication, Reality, and Augsburg-Oberhausen
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"Clean": When Augsburg-Oberhausen Becomes a Stage for Social Contradictions
In the cooler building of the gas plant, theater, urban research, and contemporary debate converge on November 6, 2026: "Clean" by Sarah Kilter focuses on the discussion about drug use, displacement, and social responsibility in Augsburg-Oberhausen. The workshop reading followed by a conversation invites attendees to experience a developing theater text and the research process behind it firsthand.
Between Helmut-Haller-Platz and Neighborhood
Around Helmut-Haller-Platz, different interests are intensifying. The drug scene is to be relocated to a church in Augsburg-Oberhausen, while parts of the neighborhood and business owners fear a devaluation of their district. Sarah Kilter highlights the tensions that arise when social need, municipal responsibility, and the need for security collide.
Dramaturgy of the Present
"Clean" is created as a commissioned work of the State Theater Augsburg and combines documentary research with literary stage art. At the center is the question of where charity ends and repression begins. The author, who lives temporarily in Augsburg, develops a theatrical perspective that does not treat local reality as a backdrop but as a conflict-ridden resonance space.
Workshop Reading and Conversation
The event opens the creation process of the production. A workshop reading makes the text, characters, and dramaturgical lines audible before the subsequent conversation broadens the view on research, urban space, and artistic responsibility. This creates a concentrated stage experience between reading, theater dialogue, and public debate.
A Gas Plant as an Atmospheric Venue
The cooler building of the gas plant gives the evening a distinctive theatrical atmosphere. The industrial architecture connects the past and present, creating a fitting space for a piece that makes social friction visible. Between rough materiality, concentrated acoustics, and immediate audience proximity, the confrontation gains its own tension.
Conclusion: Theater as a Conversation about the City
"Clean" promises not a comfortable evening, but an open encounter with the questions that move Augsburg-Oberhausen. Those who wish to experience contemporary drama, documentary theater, and local cultural policy in an unusual form will find a multifaceted stage experience here. The workshop reading makes audible how theater emerges from research – and how theater changes the perspective on one’s own city.
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