The affects cycle - consisting of the two productions Feelings, nothing but and Affects, main stage – is an immersive experiment that was developed and premiered in two consecutive seasons. Five demiurges - the Smoker, the Warrior, the Countess, the Clown and Death - traverse the entire length of the theater, from the tier to the foyer, the auditorium freed of armchairs, the orchestra pit, the proscenium, the front and back stage to the stage door. The performers are barely visible but constantly present be it musically or sculpturally. The five of them together play a suite on a church organ, prepare a table with fruit and drinks that presents itself like a still life, crawl through flexible tubes into the fly tower of the theater tower and out again, etc. At the end of the piece, the result of their work reveals itself in the form of a life-size giraffe.

Idea, realisation: Showcase Beat Le Mot / Music: Thies Mynther / Choreography: Tamara Saphir / Costume: Clemens Leander / Set design: Klara Lissy, Şenol Şentürk, Showcase Beat Le Mot / Video: Alexej Tschernij / Paintings: Whu Zhi / Giraffe: Julia Reinke, Theaterplastik Hochschule für bildende Künste Dresden / Assistant: Johanna J. Thomas / Production Managemenet: Olaf Nachtwey

Affects 1 – Feelings, npthing but and Affects 2 – Affects, main stage are productions by Showcase Beat Le Mot with HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin and Forum Freies Theater (FFT) Düsseldorf. Funded by the mayor of Berlin – Senate Department for Cultural Affairs, Hauptstadtkulturfonds and Kulturbehörde Hamburg.

„Nikola Duric, Thorsten Eibeler, Dariusz Kostyra and Veit Sprenger have been performing under the label Showcase Beat Le Mot since 1997. The gentlemen are still bursting with wit, they train themselves with dance and firmly believe that "social networks and church organs" have more feelings than poets.“
(tanz 2/2017, Arnd Wesemann, Showcase Beat Le Mot zeigen Gefühle)