The performance addresses mastectomy in the context of being trans and transitioning, as well as cancer (prevention) and the associated illness, violent healthcare system, death and mourning. Furthermore, medical procedures and amputations are described in detail. The performers show their post-mastectomy torsos.

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 and English spoken language
• The performance is very text-heavy.

Audio description

• All performances take place with integrated German audio description.
• The preceding stage tour takes place at 6 pm. The meeting point for the tactile tours is in front of the box office in the courtyard.
• If required, we offer a pick-up service for blind and visually impaired people from the nearby S-Bahn and streetcar stations before the tactile tours. These are S-Bahn Hackescher Markt, U-Bahn Weinmeisterstraße or the streetcar station Weinmeisterstraße/Gipsstraße. To make use of the pick-up service, please contact us during our business hours (Monday to Friday between 10 am and 6 pm) on 030 27 89 00 35 or barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com.
  You can find more information about audio descriptions and the pick-up service at the Sophiensaele here.

Lighting

• The lights in the auditorium remain dimmed at all times.
• There is a scene with many rapid light changes.

Sound

• The performers usually speak through a microphone.
• There is live music on stage.
• There are no sudden noises or music cues.

Other

• Foam is used in the stage area.
• At the beginning, the brightest, darkest, quietest and loudest moments are presented to the audience.

Audience

• There is no grandstand. The seats are distributed throughout the room. The audience sits on various seating options and can choose them freely: Cushions, mats on the floor, beach chairs, small platforms, chairs with backrests or beanbags.
• 2 beanbag seats bookable subject to availability
• 2 wheelchair spaces bookable subject to availability
• Movement in the room is welcome, but not essential
• There is a tactile guidance system.

Interaction

• There are moments when the audience is invited to move. Participation is not necessary.

Relaxed Performance

• All performances take place as Relaxed Performances.
• There is a retreat space next to the performance space. Beanbags, blankets, headphones and stimming toys are provided there.

Early boarding

• There will be a long admission. The doors open 15 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, realization: CHICKS* free performance collective
By and with: Lovis Heuss, Marietheres Mio Jesse, Ophelia Sullivan
Artistic direction: Marietheres Mio Jesse, Laura Kallenbach, Mara Martínez, Gianna Pargätzi
Scenography: Anja Zihlmann
Composition and musical direction: Ophelia Sullivan
Light design: Ricarda Schnoor
Sound: Josephine Mielke
Accessibility and audio description: Simone Ehlen, Agnes Kappaun
Advice Relaxed Performance: Milena (Miles) Wendt
Advice Mastectomy/BRCA1, artistic assistance: Merle Breitkreuz
Assistant Artistic Director: Marie Simons
Production: Miriam Glöckler

A production by CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv in co-production with Sophiensæle. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion Berlin and the Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The audio description was created in collaboration with perspActives e.V. and CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv and is funded by Aktion Mensch. The exploration of the Relaxed Performance format was made possible by PERSPEKTIV:WECHSEL. PERSPEKTIV:WECHSEL is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media via the Verbindungen fördern / Fostering Connectionsprogram of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. (Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts). The reprise is supported by the Wiederaufnahmeförderung of the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

CHICKS* freies performancekollektiv unites diverse experts and interdisciplinary artists in the idea of a queerfeminist network. In their queer performances, they combine interactive and installative formats of encounters with an image theater of objects and atmospheres. In intensive aesthetic and content-related research processes, CHICKS* search for what they have in common in the realities of their lives, what drives them, what they want to get rid of, what they want to change. They question social constructions, especially those of gender, sexuality, sex and power, in order to develop performative alternatives and utopian gatherings. CHICKS* also give workshops, seminars and training courses in the areas of queer-feminist and sexual education using performative theater for young people and adults, professionals and amateurs.