She She Pop

High

  • Performance
  • Theatre
German /  approx. 90 mins.

“We never wanted to take drugs. And we don't dance at raves, football matches, or church, either. We are suspicious, always have been, and even more so since Covid: everything seems intrusive, garish, harder than before. We're alienated. We’re sucked into participating in this hell. The pandemic has justified individualism. And everything we've ever known about dissolute communal states, we've forgotten.” In their new work, She She Pop are calling for intoxication. They want collective euphoria. “High” is a ceremony in a convertible tent. She She Pop welcome the audience to gather together behind a banner with an as yet undisclosed inscription. With explicit consideration of all oppositions and differences, they find a rhythm, practise a procession, and eat from the dough that bears the imprint of all hands. Until the melancholic, neoliberal ego monster is anaesthetised. Until everyone jumps out of their skin and breathes a sigh of relief: all together. High time.  

Cast

Idea and concept: She She Pop / By and with: She She Pop, Sebastian Bark, Johanna Freiburg, Lisa Lucassen, Mieke Matzke, Ilia Papatheodorou, Tatiana Saphir, Claudia Splitt, Berit Stumpf / Artistic collaboration: Rodrigo Zorzanelli / Set and costume: Lea Søvsø / Artistic collaboration set: Hannah Wolf, Ulrike Plehn / Artistic advice set: Michael Kleine / Light design and technical director: Christian Maith / Sounddesign: Manuel Horstmann / Video: Benjamin Krieg / Production: Alisa Tretau, Tina Ebert / Workshop Input: Club Gewalt, I Can Be Your Translator, Mirah Laline, Tuk Bredsdorff / Odd Meter Groove Doctor: Maurice de Martin / Internship and Cookiedealer: Greta Patten / Doughproduction: Greta Patten / Internship: Gali Har-Gil / PR, communication: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro / Free lance communication: Tina Ebert / Financial administration: Aminata Oelßner / Company Management: Elke Weber

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Dates

Past
  • Premiere
    Thu 12.10.2023, 20:30 / HAU2
  • Fri 13.10.2023, 20:30 / HAU2
  • Sat 14.10.2023, 20:30 / HAU2
  • Sun 15.10.2023, 19:00 / HAU2
  • Mon 16.10.2023, 20:30 / HAU2
  • Tue 17.10.2023, 20:30 / HAU2

Further Information

Visitor note

There are passages with loud music, hearing protection is available free of charge at the checkrooms. There are abrupt light changes and dazzling light effects.
The performance describes how a person in a dream is given drugs against their will.

Notes:

15.10.: With Haptic Access Tour (18:00) and audio description. Please register via tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de
13.+14.10.: With English translation

Credits

Production: She She Pop. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, FFT Düsseldorf, HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste. Funded by: Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Supported by: Theaterhaus Mitte. 

Location

HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 Berlin

There are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2. Tickets for wheelchair users and accompanying persons can also be booked via the ticketing system. If you need help, please contact our Ticketing & Service team at +49 (0)30 259004-27 or send us an email to
tickets@hebbel-am-ufer.de.

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