»The Kids Are Alright« Simone Dede Ayivi
In the organizer's words:
Information about the play
"Our children should have it better one day," our parents said. - "We want our children to have it better one day," we say.
"The Kids Are Alright" is dedicated to family narratives, intergenerational conflicts, political struggles and visions of the future in families with a history of migration. Children of the second and third generation of immigrants often live with the narrative that their parents came to Germany so that they could "build something for their children". But what do we and our children actually want to build - both literally and figuratively? Simone Dede Ayivi and accomplices have conducted interviews with grandparents, parents and children from different communities and bring the different ideas of a "better life" to the stage in a performative installation.
Side events
Performance on Fri 23.2. 20:00 with audience discussion afterwards
Information about the artists
Simone Dede Ayivi lives in Berlin, produces texts and makes theater from a Black feminist perspective. She searches for new role models and works against racist attributions that she is confronted with in everyday life and in the theater. Her performances discuss issues of solidarity, resistance and community. In many of her plays, she appears on stage herself, treads paths of remembrance and rediscovery, and makes Black history and the present visible. With Afrofuturistic narratives, she creates a space in the theater to ponder, translate and reinvent. A space for utopias.
www.simonededeayivi.com
Instagram @simoneayivi
Information on accessibility
The performance lasts about 45 minutes.
German spoken language is used and there is a lot of spoken text.
You can move freely around the room during the performance. You can leave and re-enter the auditorium at any time.
There are various seating options such as stools, chairs with backrests, beanbags and seats for wheelchair users.
The audience wears headphones during the performance.
The room tends to be dark throughout the performance.
Sensory stimuli:
Use of fog
Loud and unexpected music (via headphones)
Fast cuts in the videos
Intense light changes and strobe effects
Further 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
Content note
We talk about experiences of flight, violence and racism.
Credits
Concept: Simone Dede Ayivi
Video: Jones Seitz Jones Seitz
Stage design: Theresa Reiwer
Sound, Music: Katharina Pelosi
Light: Frieder Miller
Production assistance, dramaturgical assistance: Selma Böhmelmann Production assistance: Chris Erlbeck
Camera exterior shots: Thomas Machholz
Experts: Nabila Bushra, Fatma Kar, Lenssa Mohammed, Dan Thy Nguyen, Kadir Özdemir
Production management: ehrliche arbeit - freelance cultural office
Technical production: Gefährliche Arbeit
Co-production: Sophiensæle. Supported by the basic funding of the Senate Department for Culture and Europe and by funds from the Capital Cultural Fund.
Supported by the NATIONALE PERFORMANCE NETZ Gastspielförderung Theater, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and the Ministries of Culture and the Arts of the federal states.
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