Tracklist front / back album covers
CD 1
1. "Day One: Vigil" 1:45
2. "Day Two: Isolation" 8:12
3. "Day Three: Pain" 4:50
4. "Day Four: Mystery" 6:05
5. "Day Five: Voices" 6:52
6. "Reprise Pain 1" 0:34
7. "Day Six: Childhood" 5:10
8. "Day Seven: Hope" 2:22
9. "Day Eight: School" 4:27
10. "Reprise Childhood" 1:08
11. "Day Nine: Playground" (Adaptation of Edvard Grieg's Morning mood) 2:06
12. "Day Ten: Memories" 3:52
13. "Reprise Pain 2" 1:39
14. "Day Eleven: Love" 4:07
CD 2
1. "Day Twelve: Trauma" 9:41
2. "Day Thirteen: Sign" 5:06
3. "Day Fourteen: Pride" 4:46
4. "Reprise Vigil" 1:09
5. "Day Fifteen: Betrayal" 5:09
6. "Reprise School" 1:24
7. "Day Sixteen: Loser" 4:15
8. "Day Seventeen: Accident?" 5:16
9. "Reprise Pain 3" 0:53
10. "Day Eighteen: Realization" 3:05
11. "Reprise Trauma" 2:14
12. "Day Nineteen: Disclosure" 3:49
13. "Day Twenty: Confrontation" 7:27
14. "Dream Sequencer System Offline" 1:15
Ayreon Band Members / Musicians
Epic Rock Choir - backing vocals
Ed Warby (Gorefest, Hail Of Bullets) - drums
Jeroen Goossens - flutes and woodwinds
Marcel Coenen (Sun Caged) - guitar
Freek Gielen - guitar
Johan van Stratum (Stream of Passion) - bass
Erik van Ittersum - keyboards
Ruben Wijga (ReVamp) - keyboards
Ben Mathot - violin
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
The Theater Equation is a live album and DVD/Blu-ray by Arjen Anthony Lucassen's progressive rock/metal rock opera project Ayreon. The Theater Equation originally consisted of a four live performances, with cast, choir and small orchestra, of the 2004 album The Human Equation, as an actual rock opera, complete with mise-en-scène. It is the first Ayreon live release, although Ayreon songs had previously been featured on live albums by two of Lucassen's other musical projects (Live on Earth by Star One and Live in the Real World by Stream of Passion), and marks the first time an Ayreon album was performed live in its entirety. The Theater Equation consisted of four shows, all played in Rotterdam between September 18 and 20, 2015, with the last performance being the one recorded for the album.
