14:00 - 15:30 - Performing Arts in Kreuzberg and Neukölln
 

Organisations: English Theatre Berlin, International Performing Arts Center, TATWERK, Performative Forschung, Vierte Welt and Heimathafen Neukölln
Address: Fidicinstraße 40, 10965 Berlin | Event Map
Meeting point: Entrance of the theatre, in the F40 Künstlerhöfe (F40 artists’ courtyard)

The directors of English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center, TATWERK | Performative Forschung, Vierte Welt and Heimathafen Neukölln will present their practices, programmes and strategies for attracting audiences, supporting artists, curating and financing the companies in dialogue with each other and the participants.

Against the backdrop of the current political situation in Berlin and Germany, the focus will be on the question: what changes do we need to make to secure our future?

Moderation by:
Aurora Kellermann - TATWERK, Performative Forschung
Daniel Brunet - English Theatre Berlin
Dirk Cieslak - Vierte Welt
Julia von Schaky - Heimathafen Neukölln
 

17:00 - 18:00 - Walk & Talk: Gob Squad and the Neighbourhood
 

Organisations: Gob Squad, HAU to Connect
Address: Mehringplatz 10, 10969 Berlin | Event Map
Meeting point: Close to Cafe MadaMe on Mehringplatz. Look for the sign that has the Gob Squad and HAU logo

Gob Squad and HAU invite you to Mehringplatz, a round square in the Kreuzberg district, in the direct vicinity of the HAU - Hebbel am Ufer theatre. For the last years, Gob Squad has been making work on, with and for the neighbourhood, as well as building on HAU’s long term engagement to connect HAU’s community programme. In this walk & talk, they will introduce their neighbourhood projects and give an insight into what it’s like when performance explicitly invites local community in. Moderated by an artist from Gob Squad and dramaturg Stella Konstantinou from HAU, participants will have a chance to ask questions about Gob Squad’s creative process, HAU’s presence in the area and the work that the HAU to Connect programme is doing in Kreuzberg.

We recommend to dress appropriately for the weather, as the session takes place outdoors.

Moderation by:
Gob Squad - Artist Collective
Stella Konstantinou - Dramaturgy and art mediation, HAU to Connect
 

19:00 - 21:00 - HAU Digital Art Showcase: Performance, Technology, Gaming Culture & Networking
 

Organisation: HAU Hebbel am Ufer
Address: HAU1, Stresemannstraße 29, 10963 Berlin | Event Map
Meeting point: Entrance of HAU1

The digital stage HAU4 is a platform for the connection between performances & technology and gaming culture. The programme is presented both online and on the theatre stages. On 15 May, HAU will present outstanding HAU4 artists. The audience has the opportunity to immerse themselves in hybrid performances, interactive XR experiments and various game worlds. At the centre is the question of how an artistic perspective can be productive in dealing with social change, in which commercial technology and authoritarian politics are becoming increasingly intertwined. There will be an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the artists.

Artists:

allapopp, Anan Fries, Choy Ka Fai, Interrobang, Janne Kummer, Keiken, Lena Biresch, machina eX, onlinetheater.live, Patrick Blenkarn & Milton Lim and Theresa Reiwer.

Moderation by: 
Sarah Reimann - HAU Hebbel am Ufer
 

Accessibility & content warnings

English Theatre Berlin, International Performing Arts Center, TATWERK, Performative Forschung, Vierte Welt and Heimathafen Neukölln

• Steps: 5
• Elevator access to all locations where activity will take place and to toilets
• Doorways wider than 90cm
• Ramp
• Taxi drop-off: Fidicini Str. 40
• Seating
• Indoors
• Toilets
• Gender neutral toilets
• Accessible toilets
• Baby changing facilities

Gob Squad:

• No steps but possibly kerbs on pavements
• Length of walk - distance: 1 km
• Flat pavement, occasionally some cobblestoned surfaces.
• Seating: Benches are available along the route.
• Taxi drop-off: Mehringpl. 10, 10969 Berlin
• Outdoors
• Toilets
• Gender neutral toilets

HAU Hebbel am Ufer

• Part of the work showcased has English subtitles, please ask the staff for more information
• Steps: 10+
• This session is partially accessible by elevator (on request); some of the performances and the bar are only accessible by stairs
• Doorways wider than 90cm
• Taxi drop-off point: outside the main entrance of HAU1 
• Seating: folding chairs, theatre chairs
• Indoors
• Toilets
• Gender neutral toilets
• Accessible toilets
• Loud music as part of performances. Ear plugs are provided if necessary.
• Some performances have strong, strobe-like lighting effects.
• Content warning: references to masculinist radicalisation, mass extinction of animals and nudity.

Sign-ups for this Journey will open on 8 April.