In 2024, a Swedish government minister becomes the target of cruel online mockery when the object of her fear makes headline news: Bananas. To the world, this is the laugh of the week. To the minister, the fear is real.
PHOBIA is a bold expedition into the veiled world of irrational fears. Informed by personal experience and drawing on a range of anonymous narratives, it blends fragmented storytelling, contemporary dance and audio installation to cast a light on the anxiety and absurdity of living with a phobia.
For her new performance piece, theatre-maker Wiebke Acton collaborates with Sam Ward - YesYesNoNoTheatre, Brian Acton - We Are Stems and Orla Collier - Orlacollier.com.
About The Artist
Originally from Berlin, Wiebke has been a theatre performer for 19 years, her work spanning a wide range of theatre forms including classical, immersive, physical and children’s theatre. As a long-term member of the groundbreaking site-specific theatre company Das Letzte Kleinod, she worked with many international creative practitioners, touring Germany and Greenland.
Since 2019 Wiebke has been an associate artist at the Berlin Globe, With collaboration and interdisciplinary at the centre of her practice, Wiebke has recently moved to devising and co-producing her own work such as her autobiographical gig theatre piece As The Crow Flies which opened in Germany before touring to England. or the interactive clowns performance Hiks&Vlek which premiered in 2024.