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The Lives of Others
In East Germany in 1984, a writer and an actor are watched from the attic above their home by the Stasi man assigned to listen.
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A writer and an actor living in East Germany are placed under state surveillance, with a Stasi officer monitoring them from above their apartment for evidence of subversion. As he listens to the details of their lives, observation stops being neutral and begins to affect the observer as well as the people being watched.
A political drama about surveillance, artistic censorship and the relationship between art and state power, adapted from the film of the same story.
political drama, surveillance stories, artists under pressure and moral conflict inside authoritarian systems.
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- From 14 Oct 2026
- Booking until 9 Jan 2027
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