In ancient times, sirens were often bird- or fish-like creatures with female upper bodies. With their song, they lured not only sailors to their doom. They also sang stories and told the world. «We know everything», they sang. They were complex, monstrous hybrid creatures between human and nature and possessed dangerous, mysterious powers. Today, sirens are primarily loud signals from police and fire trucks or disaster warnings.

Sirenen

Theater Basel

Powerful, tragic, and with bitter humor—Chilean director Manuela Infante stages a finely composed play with five women in which voices spread, change, and merge with each other in endless variations. A collective of fluid identities that spreads like wildfire. Manuela Infante unfolds a thought experiment about radical forms of self-defense and the spread of violence when it is made visible. What freedom arises when one escapes the normative assignments of identity?

Manuela Infante

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May 16 - Jun 10, 2026

Sirenen · Theater Basel

Sep 14 - Dec 14, 2025

What We Lost in the Fire · Theater Basel

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