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• theatre + Artist Talk
• hospitality
• rules
• codes
• contradictions

• Sa., 07.03.2026, 19:00

Artist Talk following 'Wait To Be Seated'

In 'Wait To Be Seated' two feminist collectives, Sandbox Collective from Bangalore and She She Pop from Berlin, come together to explore the laws of hospitality. After the performance there will be an Artist Talk in English.

• 1Foto ©Richa Bhavanam.

Wait To Be Seated creates an exercise course of hospitality in a nowhere-anywhere setting with a dining table, red carpet and dance floor. We see two groups that initially stand on opposite sides, but slowly find ways to meet in the middle to open up a new horizon. You are invited to stay for the Artist Talk afterwards.

About the Venue

HAU Hebbel am Ufer

HAU Hebbel am Ufer, with its three venues HAU1, HAU2 und HAU3 and the digital stage HAU4 is a paragon of current artistic positions at the interface of theatre, dance and performance. In addition, music, visual art and theoretical debates are a constant component of the wide-ranging programme. Since 2012 under the direction of Annemie Vanackere and her team, HAU is one of the most highly regarded and well-connected of international production houses. Both co-productions and touring productions by renowned artists and groups from all over the world are produced and shown here, as well as projects coming from the German and Berlin independent theatre and dance scenes. 

About the piece

Wait To Be Seated

“The Guest is Equal to God” or “The door is open, dear guest, please enter” are popular sayings in southern India. We cannot think of a comparable inviting proverb in German. Beyond such grand gestures, there is a dense network of rules and codes in diplomatic and transnational contexts in which hosts and guests can easily become entangled. These rules are not comprehensively written down anywhere; they are contradictory and change depending on the person, place, time and context. And still: a good host will master all of them! Who do these unwritten laws protect, and from what? What if gender, race, and colonial history are also sitting at the table? What can we demand of each other – and how do we say no?

About the Artits

She She Pop

She She Pop is a performance collective that was founded in the 90s at the Giessen Institute for Applied Theatre Studies. Its members are Sebastian Bark, Johanna Freiburg, Fanni Halmburger, Lisa Lucassen, Mieke Matzke, Ilia Papatheodorou, Berit Stumpf. And Elke Weber, their creative producer. The members of the group are predominantly women and they work as a collective. The performers see themselves as authors, dramaturges and practitioners of their stage art. The inclusion of their own autobiographies is above all the method and not the purpose of their work. The result is a form of theatre firmly committed to experimentation. The stage is always a place of intense publicness.