Hendrik Quast & Alex Hennig: Clownklassentreffen – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Program
Hendrik Quast & Alex Hennig:
Clownklassentreffen
Clownklassentreffen
German
10€/15€/20€/25€
Clownklassentreffen takes place as part of the projects of the Artistic Advisory Board of Sophiensæle.
The issue of class and classism as a structural problem continues to be inadequately discussed in all its complexity, particularly in the field of performing arts. Beyond the same old clichés about social advancement, which rarely combine intersectional perspectives, it is primarily stories of separation (from one's own origins) and conformity (to a normative structure) that tend to confirm rather than challenge the bourgeois self-image.
Yet there are a variety of aesthetic and artistic strategies for dealing with one's own class (clown) affiliation and resisting attributions between “below” and “above”.
As a further development of the laboratory Witzigkeit kennt seine Grenzen – Klassismus und Humor in den performativen Künsten (Wit knows its limits – classism and humor in the performing arts), which took place at Mousonturm in 2023, the clown class meeting aims to deepen the insights gained in the lab and open up new class-conscious spaces for humor with further participants in a clown workshop.
In Germany's first clown class meeting, artists with multiple experiences of classism will put their skills as class clowns to the test and adopt the first class clown manifesto.
Hendrik Quast is part of the Sophiensæle Artistic Adivisory Board. Since the 2024/25 season Sophiensæle has an artistic advisory board at its side. It is important to us to sustainably integrate the perspectives of artists into our structures in order to further develop the artistic vision of our space in a mutual exchange, to review production conditions for artists and to strengthen the cultural-political situation of the Sophiensæle. Four artists with different focuses and practices are appointed for two years at a time. The members for the years 2024-2026 are Simone Dede Ayivi, Isabel Lewis, Enad Marouf and Hendrik Quast, who will each host an artistic exchange format. Simone Dede Ayivi’s Schwarze Kantine took place February 28th, 2025 in the Kantine. Sip & Speak by Isabel Lewis, together with Djibril Sall, was performed on April 19th, 2025, in Hochzeitssaal.
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
- 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.
Witzigkeit kennt seine Grenzen – Klassismus und Humor in den performativen Künsten (Wit knows its limits – classism and humor in the performing arts) was part of the nationwide Artist Labs, an initiative of the Fonds Darstellende Künste, financed by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media as part of NEUSTART KULTUR. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.