Berlin, Germany
Sophiensaele is an independent theatre and performance venue housed in a late-19th-century craftsmen's guild hall in Berlin-Mitte. Since the 1990s it has been a key stage for contemporary dance, performance art, and experimental theatre, hosting both emerging and established artists from Germany and abroad. The building's historic rooms - from the grand ballroom to the smaller side halls - give productions an intimate, raw character.
Nesterval, a queer folk-theatre group from Vienna, makes its Berlin debut with an immersive show tracing LGBTQ+ lives in the Scheunenviertel during the Nazi era. Audiences follow characters through the different spaces of the Sophiensæle.
Vienna-based theatre group Nesterval presents a new site-specific work exploring queer history in Berlin during the Nazi era, interweaving fiction with real biographies.
A theatrical production at Berlin's Sophiensaele.
A two-day lecture and discussion series at Sophiensæle in Berlin, running alongside the Never Work festival - covering post-work futures, capitalism, and class. All sessions in English.
Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald leads an English-language performance-tour through Berlin's Sophiensæle, tracing 120 years of labor history embedded in the building's walls and stairwells. Part of the Never Work festival.
A guided historical tour of the Sophiensæle building in Berlin - once a Craftsmen's Association hall - held as part of the Never Work festival. Conducted in English and German, running approximately one hour.
An experimental talkshow and performance by Olympia Bukkakis exploring work, nation, and belonging. Guests include Elvan Tekin and Hassandra.
Angela Alves explores the spatial boundaries of rest in a performance-guided tour through Berlin's Sophiensælen, connecting historical traces of sleeplessness with questions about the possibility of genuine rest in work spaces.