The piece addresses housing shortages, exploitative tenancies, the experience of precarity, (chronic) illness, psychological states of emergency, structural discrimination and news floods. It includes explicit depictions and narratives of pests (rats and fleas) as well as images of wounds.

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

• 90 minutes without break

Language

• German spoken language
• The piece is text-heavy.

Light

• The lighting mood is rather dark
• At one point in the piece, a fluorescent tube is dimmed in and out slowly and repeatedly.

Sound

• There are several musical interludes, which are not surprising or abrupt.
• There is a sudden loud bang at certain points in the piece due to the use of pyrotechnics.

Other

• Pyrotechnics are used. This means that there are small explosions on stage.
• There are video projections. These show interview footage of people as well as illustrative images of the play. Some of the images show explicit shots of insects and wounds.
• There are overhead projections. These show statistics and graphics.

Audience

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

Early boarding

• There will be a long admission.

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, text, performance: Simone Dede Ayivi
Stage: Luca Maria Plauman
Costume: Mariama Sow
Video: Jones Seitz
Sound, music: Johannes Birlinger
Light design, pyrotechnic effects, technial direction: Frieder Miller
Project collaboration: Charlotte Rosengarth
Outside eye: Bahar Meriç
Dramaturgical support, social media: Fabian Pareigis
Production design assistance: Hütchen
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.