"My heroes are trouble!
My heroes are sick!
My heroes have no answers, no solutions they struggle!
My heroes are loud when they fight for their lives
And strong cause they care for the lives of others."


SLOP is composed for Soprano, Counter Bassoon & Bassoon, Trumpet, Timpani, Tape, Live Electronics, three Dancers, Videowalls and Light. The concept as well as the composition has been developed by Christopher Ramm and created in close collaboration with the respective departments. Nothing on stage originates from a single brain or body, but has been made possible by collective effort. I want to thank Alexander Schubert and the Multimedia Department for their amazing work of making Multimedia Composition an outstanding program. I want to thank the whole FORUM Team for their support. And last but not least I want to thank my partner Marco Merenda, all my friends and all my comilitones for their tremendous support. I love you.


"My heroes don’t swing chainsaws
They don’t try to reach for the stars.
Sell solutions for problems that nobody has.
My heroes don’t Paypal, and Starlink,
break things and climb up the ladder like corporate scum!"

Concept, Composition, Artistic Direction: Christopher Ramm

Choreography: Kyte Brüggmann, Elle Burgess, Emir Garcia Pineda, Christopher Ramm
Dance: Kyte Brüggmann, Elle Burgess, Emir Garcia Pineda

Soprano: Lisa Kereselidze
Bassoon & Counter Bassoon: Jeanne Lavalle
Trumpet: Matthias Opfermann
Timpani: Simon Fengler
Live-Electronics & Tape: Christopher Ramm

Stage: Betty Dimigen, Louise Köhler
Costume: Zheming Li
Make-Up: Marco Merenda
3D Animation: Christopher Ramm, Gabriel Kast-Abu Rabia,
Carmen Kleykens Vidal
Video: Candid Rütter
Live-Sound: Giovanni Dinello
Light: Christopher Ramm, Ian Whillock
Photography: Julian Hülser, Lion Frenster
Portraits: Julian Hülser

Consultance: Alexander Schubert
Outside Eye: Lous d’Heudière, Marco Merenda

Thank you very much to the team of FORUM Theatre, and Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. I also thank the Bühnenraumklasse at HFBK Hamburg for their financial support.