Olympia Bukkakis: Queer and Present Dangers/The Nation at Work – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Olympia Bukkakis: Queer and Present Dangers/The Nation at Work
You there! Get to work! The nation needs you! Our dear Kanzler is just the latest in a long line of clowns desperate for us to work harder, longer, (deeper?) for the good of the Fatherland, and if we keep putting our fingers in each other and changing our pronouns every 5 minutes we’re not going to labor our way into the (checks notes) employer’s paradise of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland! But what’s in it for us? What is this national community that we’re supposed to care about? What role does work play in deciding who’s in and who’s out?
Queer and Present Dangers is an experimental talk show series by Olympia Bukkakis that questions imagined communities, works hard and clocks out as soon as possible. For this edition the topic is The Nation at Work and we'll be joined by Elvan Tekin and Hassandra amongst others, who will help Olympia throw the show together.
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.
Concept, artistic direction, moderation: Olympia Bukkakis
Guests: Elvan Tekin, Hassandra
Light design, technical direction: Hanna Kritten Tangsoo
Sound design: MINQ
Production: Lisa Gehring
Artistic collaboration: Camila Malenchini
A production by Olympia Bukkakis in co-production with Sophiensæle. Supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Never Work – International Performance Festival is a festival by Sophiensæle, supported by the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF). Sophiensæle is supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Media partners: Berlin Art Link, Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Olympia Bukkakis, Queen of the Heavens and of the Earth, Empress of Despair, and Architect of Your Eternal Suffering is a drag queen and choreographer, moderator and writer. Originally from Australia, she has lived and worked in Berlin since 2012, organizing queer performance events such as Get Fucked, Queens Against Borders and Apocalypse Tonight. After graduating from the SODA Master at HZT in 2019 she presented: Gender Euphoria (2019 Tanztage Berlin), Under Pressures (2019 Gessnerallee), Boys Night Out (2020 Melbourne), A Touch of the Other (2020 Risk and Resilience Festival, Sophiensæle) and Too Much (2021 Sophiensæle). Her practice is situated within, and inspired by, the tensions and intersections between queer nightlife, contemporary dance and performance.