Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends: Talk with Michal Govrin – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Program
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends:
Talk with Michal Govrin
Talk with Michal Govrin
Sukkot: hosting the hosts is part of the new performance series The high holidays of 5786 by Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends, which will take place at various venues from September to December 2025. Further information via www.ashbela.com
For the opening of the Sukkah, the first guest of Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends is author, director, philosopher and poet Dr. Michal Govrin. Dr. Govrin has spent decades working at the intersection of experimental performance and traditional Jewish ritual and is a continuously radical voice rethinking prayer, memory and myth, skillfully articulating her work on the borders between the artistic and the intellectual. Ashbel and Govrin will discuss the principles of the Sukkah and aspects of the Sukkot tradition in Govrin’s work to kick off Sukkot: hosting the hosts.
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
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You can also find more information about accessibility at the house here.
By & with: Ariel Efraim Ashbel, Katharina Joy Book, Jessica Gadani, Anna von Glasenapp, Rachel Libeskind, Heiki Riipinen, Alona Rodeh, Joseph Wegmann
Guest: Michal Govrin
A production by Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends in cooperation with Sophiensæle, HAU Hebbel am Ufer and Gropius Bau. Supported by the Capital Cultural Fund (HKF). Media partners: Missy Magazine, Siegessäule, taz.
Ariel Efraim Ashbel and friends is a Berlin-based group consisting of professional performers, musicians, thinkers and many other collaborators from various fields. Interdisciplinarity and a cross-disciplinary approach are at the heart of their artistic practice. Their works oscillate between theater, architecture, concert and visual arts. They are characterized by an unpredictable dramaturgy, absurd humour and a non-hierarchical interplay of performers, objects, light and sound. The production processes are always peppered with a variety of perspectives: Stories from different cultures alternate with pop-cultural set pieces and scenarios from science fiction, preceded by analytical-academic research processes. The process itself always extends beyond a theatrical framing in order to find its way back onto the stage. The group regularly presents its work at Sophiensæle, HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, FFT Düsseldorf and Gessnerallee Zurich. They are also invited to festivals such as Impulse (NRW), Spielart (Munich), steirischer herbst (Graz) and donaufestival (Krems).