Flinn Works: Shilpa – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Flinn Works:
Shilpa
Together with the Indian singer-actress MD Pallavi, Flinn Works examine the schizophrenic situation of urban artists in the globalized Indian entertainment industry - meet Shilpa the Singer App, interactive and live! Now adjust the pitch level and sexiness. Follow the characters through malfunctions, system crashes and replays. Get a glimpse into the lives of the women Shilpa embodies.
TEXT and idea Sophia Stepf + MD Pallavi Performance MD Pallavi direction Sophia Stepf Text Inputs Swar Thounaojam, Irawati Karnik Live Sound Nikhil Nagaraj SOUND COACH Andi Otto LICHT DESIGN Muhommad Mustafa A LICHT Niranjan Gokhale (IN), Susana Alonso (DE) Produktion Anna Wille, Veena Appiah
Funded by Kulturamt der Stadt Kassel, Hessisches Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft, Gerhard-Fieseler-Stiftung, Fonds Darstellende Künste, WELL Being Stiftung, Sparda Bank Hessen, Goethe-Institut "Max Mueller Bhavan" Bangalore and others. The revival is funded by the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Media partner: taz. die tageszeitung
Phtos © Amit Bansal
Flinn Works (led by Sophia Stepf and Lisa Stepf) engages with issues of globalization, focusing on postcolonial and feminist questions. The performances and installations are based on extensive research and draw on the personal perspectives of international participants to create a multi-perspective dramaturgy. At the intersection of ethnology and documentary formats, the productions evolve their form as a consequence of the content and the talents of the team involved. Flinn Works has received three META Awards in New Delhi, the Förderpreis of the Zürcher Kantonalbank, the Tabori Award of the Fonds Darstellende Künste, and the award of the International Theatre Institute Germany. The projects are presented in Germany, Switzerland, India, and Tanzania.
