Eine Computergrafik mit grell bunten Schnecken
Rami Shalati

Freund*innen der Weichtiere

»Mein Körper gehört mir«

A Snail Pace Performance
by Mathias Becker & Simon Noa Harder

Season Opening Premiere 15+
Fr
18:00
Su
18:00
mit Publikumsgespräch im Anschluss
For FLINTAQ* aged 15 and over and all their friends

Free admission.
Limited seating capacity - please make a reservation!

Alternatively, you can reserve tickets by phone or email:
0421 520 80 70 (Mon, Wed-Fri 10:00 to 14:00, also AB) or ticket@schwankhalle.de

Please note: Our ticket hotline is not open at weekends and in the evenings. Please reserve your tickets well in advance.
Reserved tickets must be collected from the box office no later than 30 minutes before the start of the event - after this time the reservation expires.
The box office can be reached by phone from 1 hour before the start of the event at 0421 520 80 70.

The performance lasts about 100 minutes without an intermission. During the performance, it is possible to leave the space and come back in at any time.

The performance is in German spoken language with extended surtitles in German. There is one scene with a karaoke performance for which no surtitles are available.

Various seating options are available (including beanbags, stools, chairs with backrests, sofas, armchairs). The audience is invited to move freely during the performance. Noises during the performance are welcome. Stage elements and props may be touched.

A relaxation room is available on the upper floor of the Schwankhalle. It can be reached via a staircase.

Sensory stimuli: There are moments of darkness. We also use fluorescent light and fog.

Participation: At some points, the audience is invited to become active themselves. This is voluntary at all times.

The Schwankhalle is accessible for wheelchair users (in accordance with DIN 18040-01). This applies to access to the foyer, the Old and New Halls and the sanitary facilities. All event rooms in the Schwankhalle are at ground level and accessible without steps.

General information on the accessibility of our premises can be found here. If you have any questions, please contact us at ticket@schwankhalle.de or 0421 520 80 70.

In »Freund*innen der Weichtiere – Mein Körper gehört mir« (Friends of Mollusks—My Body Belongs to Me), we accompany them on a journey through time. Supersnail makes contact with the younger self of a symbiont—the delicate hatchling it once was. Her approach is ultra-tender, because in the crusty layers of time, humiliations, transphobia and violent events have sedimented in the bodies of the symbionts. But the primordial being has preserved the collected arts of survival in the slime. Who knows more about how to assert oneself against predators, snail traps and other threats and still remain soft?

Mathias Becker and Simon Noa Harder invite the audience to a participatory space in which self-determination, relaxation and fun can grow as soft forms of resistance. The space designed by Gilda Coustier combines elements of lecture performance, object theater and participatory performance. »Freund*innen der Weichtiere« was developed from the workshop series of the same name that was held at the Schwankhalle from November 2023 to May 2024 and triggered an intergenerational exchange on the theme of »My Body Belongs to Me.«

Credits

Regie, Sound & Performance: Mathias Becker aka Becky
Regie, Text & Performance: Simon Noa Harder aka Y.
Regieassistenz: Tez Ehmen
Mit Superweichtieren und Beiträgen von: Ann Sophie Eckel, Marie Lou Hoppenheit und Zoe Trautner
Karaoke-Performance: Frances Breden & Fenia Franz
Dramaturgische Beratung: Alisa Tretau
Bühnenbild & Kostüm: Gilda Coustier
Visuals: Rami Shalati, Simon Noa Harder
Lichtdesign & Videotechnik: Frieder Miller
Video & Videodokumentation: Svenja Simone Schulte
Technik: Nell Heuer
Erweiterte Übertitelung: Carolin Seidl, t5 SPECTITULAR GmbH
Produktionsassistenz: Tez Ehmen
Visuals für PR: Rami Shalati

Supported by the Jupiter program of the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.