The classic movie Metropolis, number one topic of the season 2010/2011 of the Schauspiel Stuttgart, is closely related to Stuttgart 21. Ten posters combine themes of the film, the corresponding repertoire of the Schauspiel Stuttgart, and scenes from the city in an off-theatre look and position the theatre in the centre of the controversy over a liveable city. Without using polemics or catchwords, the state theatre presents itself in a differentiated way and still sets a clearly visible sign with its revised logo, a neon-green clenched worker’s fist.