The Berlin music theatre group Hauen und Stechen presents its version of the opera Salomé. The production, based on an opera by Richard Strauss and a text by Oscar Wilde, alternates between music and dance. It is a film, a journey, a fair and a dance of death all in one.
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For his latest project, Hendrik Quast learns the art of ventriloquism in order to approach the chronic inflammatory bowel disease ulcerative colitis artistically. In conversation with the disease, new ways of speaking and images of chronic illness emerge, opening up unusual spaces of humor for the ill and healthy audience.
The online audiovisual installation esmalbesserhabenin.de is dedicated to family narratives, generational conflicts, political struggles, and visions of the future in families of immigrant heritage.
For a long time now, collective mourning and its rituals have been disappearing from public space. Golden Gate questions our normative perceptions of loss and mourning. What is queer grief and in what way can it become a collective movement of melancholy and resistance?
MARCH 1–13
In the third round of our spring series QUEER DARLINGS we again bring old and new favorites to Berlin: Frédéric Gies, Cherish Menzo, Vincent Riebeek, Teresa Vittucci + Colin Self, tiran, and others focus on contemporary translations of archetypal figures and myths: They appropriate archetypes in order to remove the basis of stereotypes, and create new mythologies in order to establish communities that are as tender as they are political.
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MARCH 16–20
From March 16 to 20, the Tanzplattform Deutschland 2022 festival will gather 13 current and remarkable positions of dance and choreographic creation in Berlin, including three Sophiensaele productions by Sheena McGrandles, Joana Tischkau and Michelle Moura.
» moreThe halls of the Sophiensæle are available for rental for PRIVATE, NON-ARTISTIC EVENTS. All rentable spaces are located in the middle wing of the former craftsman’s workshop built in 1904/1905.
The FESTSAAL holds a maximum of 250 people, the associated FOYER can hold 100 people. For smaller events the HOCHZEITSSAAL with its own foyer can be rented. It holds a maximum of 100 persons. The KANTINE on the ground floor can also hold a maximum of 100 people and is directly accessible from the inner courtyard. RAUM 213 can hold up to 50 people. Depending on availability, the rooms can be rented individually or as a whole. TOTALLY, the house is approved for a maximum of 350 persons at the same time.
FESTSAAL
Floor: 1
Size: approx. 480 m² (24 m x 20 m)
Ceiling height: 8,60 m
Number of persons: max. 250
Equipment: flexible grandstand, 16 m x 8 m
Access: via two staircases and the elevator
A foyer located in front of the Festsaal can also be rented separately.
FOYER FESTSAAL
Floor: 1
Size: approx. 135 m²
Ceiling height: 4,60 m
Number of persons: max. 100
Equipment: mobile bar, furniture if required
Access: via the left staircase, the Festsaal and the elevator
HOCHZEITSSAAL
Floor: 3
Size: approx. 240 m² (12 m x 20 m)
Ceiling height: 3,70 m
Number of persons: max. 100
Equipment: flexible grandstand with seat cushion, 5 m x 10 m
Access: via both staircases and the elevator
In front of the Hochzeitssaal is a separate foyer including a kitchen, which can be rented as required.
FOYER HOCHZEITSSAAL
Floor: 3
Size: approx. 54,80 m² (8,5 m x 6,45 m) / effective usable area approx. 39 m²
Ceiling height: 3,70 m
Number of persons: max. 50
Equipment: Bar with kitchenette
Access: via both staircases and the elevator
KANTINE
Floor: Ground Floor
Size: in total: approx. 230 m², front part of the room incl. stage and bar area: approx. 180 m² (9,23 m x 19,86 m)
Ceiling height: 4,2 m
Number of persons: max. 100
Equipment: none
Access: 2 doors, directly accessible from the courtyard of the building
RAUM 213
Floor: 2
Size: approx. 50 m²
Ceiling height: max. 3,58 m, varies
Number of persons: max. 50
Equipment: none
Access: via the right staircase, not barrier-free
The availability of technical equipment varies from room to room. Light, sound and video equipment can be installed if desired and available on the date.
For more information, contact us at 030-27 89 00 50 or send an e-mail to kbb@sophiensaele.com.
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