Accessibility information is currently being compiled and will be added as soon as possible. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact the communications department at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change before the date of the event. If you find out after purchasing your ticket that the performance is no longer accessible to you, you can contact us at ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 45 (Monday to Friday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.) to return your ticket up to 5 working days after the event.

Duration

• Approximately 90 minutes without intermission

Language

• Portuguese spoken with German and English surtitles.
• Interpretation into German Sign Language (DGS).

Light

• Strobe lighting is used.
• The lighting is rather dark.
• Large spotlights shine from the back of the stage towards the audience.
• In one scene, the lights flicker.
• A rotating disco ball reflects small points of light, which may cause glare.
• A monitor produces flickering light.
• There is a moment of almost complete darkness.

Sound

• Several scenes feature live music with loud singing and distorted electric guitar.
• Loud sirens can be heard in one song.
• There is a scene with loud electronic music.
• Over 10 minutes of loud, intensifying music with drums.
• There is a scene with loud screaming.

Interaction

• The performer approaches the front row. She asks questions to the audience and to individual audience members, which are answered and lead to conversations.
• In the dark, the performer holds the hands of some people in the front row.
• At the end of the piece, the audience is invited to dance on stage.
• Shot glasses filled with cachaça are distributed to the audience.

Smell

• Shot glasses filled with cachaça are distributed to the audience.

Other

• Stage fog is used.
• A live camera is used to film the action on stage and transmit it to a monitor.

Audience

• Seated grandstand
• 2 beanbag seats can be booked subject to availability
• 2 wheelchair spaces can be booked subject to availability.

Tickets

• Can be reserved by calling 030 283 52 66, Monday to Friday from 4 to 6 p.m.
• Via the online ticket shop
• At the box office

Further information on accessibility at the venue can also be found here.

Direction, Dramaturgy, Performance: Jéssica Teixeira
Artistic Direction: Chico Henrique
Musical Direction, Guitar: Luma
Technical Direction, Light Design: Jimmy Wong
Video, Photography: Ciça Lucchesi  
Body Preparation: Castilho​ Zabumba Juliano
Stage Management: Aristides Oliver
Production: Rodrigo Fidelis - Corpo Rastreado ​
International Distribution Corpo a Fora and Farofa

A production by Jéssica Teixeira in co-production with Catástrofe Produções and Corpo Rastreado. The guest performance is made possible with the support of the Goethe Institut. Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.

Jéssica Teixeira is a multi-artist living in Fortaleza, Brazil. Her artistic practice is strongly characterized by her engagement with her own body, which she uses as an instrument for critical reflection and a means of political resistance. In 2025, Jéssica Teixeira was awarded the most prestigious Brazilian theater prize in the category Best Director for her work MONGA.