Play by Christina Kettering
Aging society, nursing emergency, shortage of skilled workers in the healthcare sector, overwhelmed family caregivers – we hear and read about this almost every day. Women are particularly affected, as they already perform the majority of care work and are additionally confronted with the traditional role models of the caring wife, mother, and daughter.
In Christina Kettering's play Black Swans, two sisters must deal with their mother's need for care. The older one, living alone and rather rational in her arguments, wants to put their mother in a home, which the younger one, married and mother of two daughters herself, vehemently rejects. When the younger sister eventually takes over the mother's care herself, she quickly reaches her limits. The solution is supposed to be Rosie, a new, hyper-modern care robot. At first, everything seems perfect: Rosie has everything under control. The daughters can finally relax. Along the way, Rosie even manages the household and learns new things daily through artificial intelligence. Rosie not only performs the necessary tasks perfectly, she also offers comfort and closeness. But over time, Rosie seems to take more and more control of the house. Or is the machine merely bringing to light what is driving the daughters deep down? The situation is not as clear-cut as it seems, but the escalation is unstoppable...
Christina Kettering received the 1st prize for Black Swans in the 2019 'Science & Theatre' playwriting competition, organized by Theater Heilbronn, where the world premiere also took place.
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