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Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre: AFTERLIVES | Sep 28, 29 | Hochzeitssaal – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin

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Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre:
AFTERLIVES

Green lights are projected onto a transparent cloth hanging from the ceiling. The silhouette of a person can be seen behind it.
Henrike Iglesias & Miss Theatre:
AFTERLIVES
Performance
Duration: 1h 10 Min.
German, English, Thai
10€/15€

Relaxed Performance

Death, funerals, grief and suicide are topics of the performance.

Which parallel realities are conceivable? Where are we when we are not there? How do we need to meet in order to feel connected? And where do we come together to care for and to mourn each other?

AFTERLIVES is a collaboration between the Thai collective Miss Theatre led by artist Miss Oat, the collective Henrike Iglesias and numerous other collaborators. They have created a multimedia, interactive performance that will take place simultaneously in Bangkok and Berlin. Together with the two audiences, separated and yet connected, they embark on a search for queer AFTERLIVES.

The theory of the multiverse, based on the fundamentals of quantum theory, serves as a metaphor, narrative device and source of inspiration to speculate about our own afterlives, queer politics of dying as well as alternative ways of living together. In both Bangkok and Berlin, the audience will gather in the theater space and interact with the performance via their own smartphones. The smartphone becomes a portal that connects the spaces and the audience members with each other.

The information on accessibility is still in progress and will be updated as soon as possible. If any questions remain unanswered until then, please feel free to contact the communication department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event. Therefore, if you find out after you have purchased your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us for a ticket return at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 until 5 business days after the event (Monday through Friday between 10am and 6pm).

Duration

  • 70 minutes without intermission

Language

  • German, English and Thai spoken language (no language skills required for Thai)
  • Supertitles in German, English and Thai

Light

  • The lighting situation is rather dark. It is bright enough to get your bearings.
  • There is a very short moment with complete darkness.

Sound

  • There is a quiet background noise. In some places there are pauses without sounds.
  • At the end of the performance (after approx. 70 minutes) there is a music track with techno beats. Earplugs are provided.

Other effects

  • There are live video projections from Bangkok. The performance takes place there at the same time
  • Due to the multimedia nature of the performance, there can be many stimuli at the same time. It is possible to escape them.
  • Stage fog is used (only at the end of the performance)

Audience area

  • There is no grandstand. The seats are distributed throughout the room. The audience sits on various seating options and can choose them freely: Cushions, small platforms, chairs with backrests or beanbags.
  • 2 beanbag seats bookable according to availability
  • 2 wheelchair seats bookable according to availability

Interaction

  • There are moments when the audience is invited to move around the room. Participation is not necessary.
  • The audience interacts with each other and with the performance via their smartphones. You do not have to interact with the phone to understand the performance.

Relaxed Performance

  • All performances take place as Relaxed Performances.
  • There is a retreat right next to the performance room. Beanbags, blankets, headphones and stimming toys are provided there.

Early Boarding

  • Early boarding is possible. A loudspeaker announcement will be made a few minutes in advance.

Tickets

  • Reservations can be made via the ticket telephone at 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4pm-6pm
  • Via the online ticket shop
  • At the box office

You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.

Concept, costume design, dramaturgy, digital interaction, light design, performance, production management, sound design, stage design, text: Leo G. Alonso, Henri Maximilian Jakobs, Pathipon (Miss Oat), Thongchai Pimapunsri, Nicha Puranasamriddhi, Marielle Schavan, Sophia Schroth, Rosa Wernecke 
Original concept: Pathipon (Miss Oat), Henrike Iglesias (Leo G. Alonso, Malu Peeters, Marielle Schavan, Sophia Schroth), Anan Fries
collaboration in directing and dramaturgy: Felix Toni Giesler
Technical direction, stage design Bangkok:
Pornpan Arayaveerasid, Rueangrith Suntisuk (DuckUnit)
Stage management Bangkok: Surat Kaewseekarm
Graphic design Bangkok: Matus Kaewdum (Cerebrum_art.original)
Tailoring stage: Amancay Ballesi
Ceramics: Lauriane Daphne Carl 
Coding, creative technology: bleeptrack
Outside eye Berlin: María F. Giacaman Hasbún
Production management Berlin: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro
Press and public relations Berlin: Franziska Janke
Translation: Naomi Boyce

A production by Henrike Iglesias in co-production with Sophiensæle, brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf and ROXY Birsfelden. Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media). Funded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Henrike Iglesias is a theater collective based in Berlin and Basel and has been working together since 2012. Henrike’s permanent crew includes Leo G. Alonso, Malu Peeters, Marielle Schavan and Sophia Schroth. Together and in smaller constellations, as well as with various collaborators they do performance theater, installations, parties and much more, if you ask. They understand pop cultural and mass media phenomena as a mirror of social conditions and grievances and have made it their aim to illuminate them from feminist perspectives. They like to use technology in narrative, interactive and poetic ways and to explore how it is influencing our daily lives together at this moment in time.

Miss Theatre, based in Bangkok, is a collective of performing artists addressing queer issues, marginalized communities, and gender politics. Using personal experiences, they experiment with storytelling to challenge beliefs and reject patriarchal ideologies.

Pathipon (Miss Oat) founded Miss Theatre and H0M0HAUS, a festival for diversity. Her work explores queerness, individuality, and politics, challenging norms in Thai performing arts. H0M0HAUS launched successfully in 2024 and will continue its second iteration in 2025.

Rosa Wernecke is a video and lighting designer. She is part of the feminist performance and media art collective Swoosh Lieu, whose work has been shown at the Stückemarkt of the Berlin Theatertreffen, the Impulse Festival and the festival Politik im freien Theater, among others. She is co-founder of the association Gefährliche Arbeit for the networking and professional development of FLINTA technicians and designers. In 2018 she was Artist in Residence at the Villa Kamogawa of the Goethe Institute Kyoto Japan, in 2021/22 at the Kulturakademie Tarabya in Istanbul and, in 2023/24, at the Cité des Arts in Paris.

Henri Maximilian Jakobs studied electric bass at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich and is singer and bassist in the band TUBBE, with whom he released three albums. He also toured as live bassist for Sookee, The toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum and others. 2019 he was the protagonist of the podcast Transformer by Christina Wolf, winner of the German Audiobook Award in the podcast category. Jakobs has been working as a theater musician since 2020 at Schaubühne Berlin, Theater an der Parkaue and Schauspiel Hannover, among others. In addition to his work as a musician, Jakobs is also an author. His debut novel Paradiesische Zustände was published by KiWi in June 2023. 

  • Two people in colorful dresses sit and look at each other.
    © Harit Srikhao
  • The colorful silhouettes of two people are visible behind a transparent cloth.
    © Harit Srikhao
  • A person wearing a blue dress is sitting on the floor.
    © Harit Srikhao
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