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Alex Franz Zehetbauer: An Evening with – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin

Saison 25/26
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Alex Franz Zehetbauer:
An Evening with

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Alex Franz Zehetbauer:
An Evening with
Concert, performance
Duration: 45 Min.
English
10€/15€/20€/25€

In An Evening with, Alex Franz Zehetbauer transports us to a piano bar: a singer at the piano and his repertoire punctuate the gathering of guests. Ear-worm melodies and a trickster humor keep the audience teetering between the earnest and the absurd. Traversing different moods and registers, from poetic lullaby to folk song to pop rendition, An Evening with investigates the multiple roles of songs and their cultural impacts. A certain enchantment occupies the evening as Alex creates a closeness at once strange and familiar, stretching the song into various choreographic postures.

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

  • approx. 45 minutes without break

Language

  • English spoken language, English lyrics

Light

  • The lights are dimmed in the auditorium.

Sound

  • Piano and microphoned live vocals
  • There are a few very loud and surprising sound effects.

Interaction

  • There is some soft interaction with the audience.

Audience Area

  • Seated grandstand
  • 2 beanbag seats bookable subject to availability
  • 2 wheelchair spaces bookable subject to availability

Early boarding

  • There will be a long admission. Doors open ten minutes before the show.

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, songs, choreography, performance: Alex Franz Zehetbauer
Text collaboration: Jen Rosenblit, Dez Miller
Dramaturgical advice: Jen Rosenblit
Outside Ear, recording: Christian Schröder
Performance Doula: Claire Lefevre
Piano mentor: Han-Gyeol Lie
Outside eye: Liv Schellander
Documentation: Ipek Hamzaoglu
Production management: mollusca productions

A production by Alex Franz Zehetbauer in co-production with Verein Wilhelmina and Freischwimmen Network in collaboration with Wien Modern. Supported by the Municipal Department of Cultural Affairs, Vienna and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. With the generous support of Kunstraum Eindorf, The Brick Theater, ACT OUT, a project of IG Freie Theaterarbeit, funded by BMEIA, and FREISCHWIMMEN, an international exchange and production platform for theatre and performance, supported by brut Wien, FFT Düsseldorf, Gessnerallee Zurich, HochX Munich, LOFFT - DAS THEATER Leipzig, Schwankhalle Bremen, Sophiensæle and Theater Rampe Stuttgart. This show was made possible within the framework of the program Promoting Connections of the Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts and supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Media partners: Missy MagazineSiegessäuletaz.

Alex Franz Zehetbauer is a performance artist and vocalist working at the intersection of performance, music, visual arts and choreography. In his performances he beguiles with sophisticated melodies, strange vocal escapades and unexpected twists. Critics have called him: an angel, a swamp monster, and a red-eyed demon.

He studied vocal performance, choreography, acting and composition at the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the International Theater Workshop in Amsterdam. Zehetbauer has worked with artists such as Phillip Gehmacher, Jen Rosenblit, Taylor Mac, Anne Juren, Richard Foreman, Marta Navaridas and Alix Eynaudi.

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