Tanja Krone Mit echten Reden (1): Das Ellenbogen-Prinzip
On October 3, Tanja Krone invites you to an outdoor adaptation of her successful festival performance from last fall, as the final highlight of our focus Das Ost-West-Ding 2.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces with the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
Recent studies have shown that the distribution of rest is determined by race, with people of color regularly getting less sleep than white people. As a direct response to the Sleep Gap, the artists take over Sophiensæle’s Festsaal and invite people of color to break with constant fatigue by slowing down, resting, and interacting with soft, comfortable surfaces.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
A live song and dance activation from bed: The performance plays with multiplicitous states of being idle, protesting the power relations of the night which deprive BIPOC of rest.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces with the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
In her lecture, María do Mar Castro Varela reflects on the 'storming of the Reichstag' and other madness in times of pandemic.
In this conversation we will take a critical look at a society that uses crises as a driver for its optimization and in this context we will also look at the role of culture.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces with the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
Simone Dede Ayivi and accomplices have held talks with grandparents, parents and children from different communities and present their diverging ideas of a "better life" in a performative installation.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces with the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
Touretteshero co-founder Jess Thom examines and reflects on the barriers and opportunities that have arisen from the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown.
How does the women's quota change culture and mindset? With flaming speeches, statistics, lamentations and protest choreographies Flinn Works follow the trail of Rwandan fast-track feminism.
To resist categories like "normal" or "beautiful", the three performers create a series of exorcisms in which they distort pop-cultural figures and phenomena into monstrousness.
During the festival, we invite artists and audiences to encounter each other on 1:1 walks, thus offering all those who are not yet drawn back to the theatre spaces with the opportunity for an immediate exchange.
Isabelle Schad celebrates the beauty of simple movement sequences in two powerful solos.
Dance meets music, film, video and spoken word: A performative homage to Mark Fisher.
A railroad movie meets a chamber play: Four train passengers keep themselves awake with problems on their way to Spitzbergen.
Forward, backward, cut, all back, repeat: two figures move in front of a wall. Their bodies and their relationship to each other are constantly interrupted and so are the narratives that unfold and disappear again.
Sheena McGrandles composes stylized body landscapes calling both to the erotic and absurd.
Focus
Das Ost-West-Ding 2
Around the 3rd of October we will continue our focus from last autumn and take a critical look at the so-called reunification.
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Risk and Resilience
OCTOBER 08 – NOVEMBER 01
With our performance festival Risk and Resilience we invite you to exercise and reflect on artistic, psychological and political resistance!
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Information and offers for people with sensory and physical impairments
Feedback talks after the performance with wine and savory snacks
Regular guided tours through Sophiensæle
Mediation
Introductions, workshops, seminars and offers for schools
Lectures
Lectures, discussions, readings, panels, etc.
Artistic Research
The Sophiensæle are constantly working on developing and improving their accessibility. We look forward to your questions and suggestions at any time! Please don't hesitate to contact us at presse@sophiensaele.com or 030 - 27 89 00 35.
At present all performances take place under consideration of current legal protection and hygiene measures [1] to contain the spread of Covid-19 infections. Detailed information about the current Covid-19 hygiene rules [1] and tickets can be found HERE.
[1] Our protection and hygiene measures are based on the Infection Protection Act (IfSG) of 01.01.2001, the current SARS-CoV-2 Infection Protection Ordinance of the State of Berlin, the current Hygiene Framework Concept for Cultural Institutions in the State of Berlin and the current recommendations of the Robert Koch Institute on infection protection.
TICKETS
Due to the limited seating capacity, we strongly recommend purchasing tickets online via our webshop. If you are dependent on a specific seat due to mobility restrictions or other visible or non-visible disabilities and an adeqaute seat is no longer available in our webshop, please contact ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 34 and we will try to find a solution.
Accompanying persons of people with severe disabilities (B) receive a free ticket. People with severe disabilities who require an accompanying person are requested to book a "Schwerbehindert-Ticket" or "Schwerbehindert (mit Rollstuhl)-Ticket" plus a free accompanying ticket. The free accompanying ticket might need to be picked up at the box office. Please note the respective instructions in our webshop. The box office opens 60 minutes before the performance begins. Due to safety regulations, a maximum of two people in wheelchairs are permitted per event in the Festsaal and Hochzeitssaal.
Persons who need a beanbag-seat are requested to book a "Sitzsack-Ticket".
Further information on ticketsales can be found here.
SPACES AND ROUTES
The Kantine is at ground level and accessible without steps. The Festsaal (1st floor) and Hochzeitssaal (3rd floor) can be reached via an elevator (1.76 m x 2.71 m) when accompanied by the house staff. To use the elevator please contact our evening staff. The distance from the street to the elevator is approx. 60 m. The distance from the street to the ticket office is approx. 25 m. Find a 360° tour through the building here.
ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS
An accessible toilet (entrance door 1m in width) is available on the 1st floor and can be reached via the elevator. It can be accessed via the Festsaal foyer. For events in the Hochzeitssaal there is a WC on the 3rd floor with an entrance and cabin door 81 cm wide, the other cabin doors are 56 cm wide. From the 3rd floor as well as from the ground floor you can reach the accessible WC on the 1st floor by using the elevator.
EARLY BOARDING
Due to the currently valid Sophiensæle Covid-19 hygiene protection concept and the numbered allocation of seats, we currently do not offer Early Boarding. If you are dependent on a specific seat due to mobility restrictions or other visible or non-visible disabilities, but this seat is no longer available in our online ticket shop, please contact ticketing@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 34 and we will try to find a solution.
AUDIODESCRIPTION AND TOUCH TOURS
We regularly offer audiodescriptions of selected performances to make them accessible to blind and visually impaired people. Due to the currently valid Sophiensaele Covid-19 hygiene protection concept, we do not offer Touch Tours at present. We are seeking to create alternative, digital offers though. In the audiodescription over wireless headphones the processes on stage are described. This gives people with visual impairments access to the visual elements of a performance: movement, gestures, facial expressions, stage design, costumes and props are described.
In cooperation with Berlin für Blinde/Förderband e.V. we offer a pick-up service for blind and visually impaired people from the nearby S-Bahn and subway stations Hackescher Markt and Weinmeisterstraße. To use the pick-up service, please contact us at the latest 48 hours before the performance.
For further information and registration please contact us at:
presse@sophiensaele.com | 030 - 27 89 00 35.
Next October 27 Jess Thom Biscuits without Borders: October 29 Jess Thom Disability Culture in a time of Pandemic
RELAXED PERFORMANCE
Selected performances take place as Relaxed Performance. Relaxed Performances are aimed at all those who feel more comfortable in a laid-back and sensorically relaxed atmosphere. The light in the auditorium is on to avoid complete darkness. In addition, hearing protection is provided if it should become too loud. Those who wish can come and go during the show. Silence is not mandatory. If you need a break, you can retire to the foyer.
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PARKING
Parking spaces for disabled people are available in the immediate vicinity: One parking space at Sophienstraße 21 (approx. 50 m away); two parking spaces at the corner of Rosenthaler/ Neue Schönhauser (Neue Schönhauser Str. 9, approx. 230 m away).
LANGUAGE
For all productions, you will find information about any required language skills in our print and online media.
360° Videotour
CONTACT
For further information and registration please contact us at:
030 - 27 89 00 35 or presse@sophiensaele.com
For CURRENT OFFERS AND EVENTS please have a look at our programme
