Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen: Autsch – Warum geht es mir so dreckig? – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen:
Autsch – Warum geht es mir so dreckig?
Autsch – Warum geht es mir so dreckig?
German
10/15€
Premiere
Autsch deals with the unsolved case of a dissolved woman: Simone Dede Ayivi is not well. But who or what is responsible? The pandemic? The climate crisis? Is Simone Dede Ayivi going through the menopause, or can she no longer afford the rent? Is capitalism to blame or is she simply lacking the right breathing technique? The case is complex. As the investigation progresses, it becomes clear that Simone Dede Ayivi is not the only victim. Many people feel miserable, and they are all looking for an explanation, should they not be too tired to do so.
In this true-crime performance, Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen set out on the trail of the mystery of general miserability. The disappearance of one's own well-being is probably the biggest unsolved criminal case in many a biography. In a playful way, the performance attempts to name grievances and bring the question “How are you?”, personal happiness and mastering everyday life from the private sphere into public discourse. Because if life is becoming more stressful for almost everyone and the quality of life of many is deteriorating, neither self-care nor self-optimization will help in the long term.
Together with the audience, Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen want to find out how we can work together and in solidarity to create a good life for everyone when no one has the strength to do so.
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).
Early boarding
If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of early boarding.
Tickets
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You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
Concept, performance: Simone Dede Ayivi
Stage: Luca Maria Plauman
Costume: Mariama Sow
Video: Jones Seitz
Sound, music: Johannes Birlinger
Light design, technial direction: Frieder Miller
Project collaboration: Charlotte Rosengarth
Outside eye: Bahar Meriç
Production management: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro
Technical production: Gefährliche Arbeit
Press: Sarah Rosenau
A production by Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen in cooperation with Sophiensæle. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of Neustart Kultur. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Simone Dede Ayivi's performances discuss questions of representation, resistance and community. Her works are biographically motivated, mostly interview-based research projects. She explores ways of remembering and rediscovering - and shines a spotlight on political struggles and movements, Black history and the present. Using recorded discussions, interviews and political speeches, she seeks to amplify the voices of marginalized communities. With Afrofuturistic narratives, she creates a space in the theater to ponder, translate and reinvent. A space for utopias. Simone reveals her research methods and the means of theater, allowing the audience to become part of her content-related and aesthetic search process. The construction of images is also addressed and viewing habits are questioned. Together with her Kompliz*innen, she has developed performances in cooperation with the Sophiensæle, the Pavillon Hannover, the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt and the Festival Theaterformen. She has worked as a director at Schauspielhaus Graz, Theater Oberhausen and Deutsches Theater Berlin, among others. In 2022, Simone Dede Ayivi received the Tabori Award from the Fonds Darstellende Künste.