Idea and Concept: She She Pop, Sandbox Collective / By and With: Sebastian Bark, Johanna Freiburg, Raabiya Jayaram, Lisa Lucassen, Mieke Matzke, Ilia Papatheodorou, Shiva Pathak, Nimi Ravindran, Berit Stumpf / Artistic collaboration Berlin: Natasha Borenko, Rodrigo Zorzanelli / Artistic collaboration India: Sachin Gurjale, Vinod Ravindran, Joshua Muyiwa / Stage: Philine Rinnert / Costumes: Lea Søvsø / Costumes Assistance: Rita Rozhkova / Video concept: Benjamin Krieg / Light Design and Technical Director: Claes Schwennen / Technical advice: Marius Bratoveanu, / Lighting, Video & Technical Management Germany Tour: Marius Bratovean, Manuel Louis Horstmann, Michael Lentner, Claes Schwennen / Light, Video & Technical Management India Tour: Niranjan Gokhale / Technical and Production Assistant India: Anand Samudre / Dramaturgical Advice: Foad Esfahani / Hospitanz: Fanny Kempter / German live translation: PANTHEA / Documentation India: Richa Bhavanam, Anushka Meenakshi / Social Media and Hospitality India: Leya Mammen / Coaching: Anisha Imhasly, Yumin Li / PR & Communication: ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro / PR & Communication India: Sridevi Rao / Communication: Tina Ebert / Production: Tina Ebert, Aminata Oelßner, Medha Nidhi S, Elke Weber / Company Management Sandbox Collective: Raabiya Jayaram, Shiva Pathak, Nimi Ravindran, Medha Nidhi S / Company Management She She Pop: Aminata Oelßner, Elke Weber
She She Pop / Sandbox Collective
Wait To Be Seated
- Theatre
English /
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.
“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?
“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.
The premiere took place in Bangalore in November 2025, followed by a tour in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands in 2026.
Team
Dates
Current
Notes:
Price: 22–35 €, reduced 15–22 €
After the performance on 6.3.: Break @WAU with Tatiana Saphir
After the performance on 7.3.: Artist Talk / English
6.3., 20:00 / English
7.3., 19:00 / English
8.3., 17:00 / English with German Translation
9.3., 19:00 / English with German Translation
Credits
Production: She She Pop and Sandbox Collective. Co-production: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Kampnagel (Hamburg), Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), FFT Düsseldorf, HELLERAU – European Centre for the Arts (Dresden), Kaserne Basel, SPRING Festival Utrecht. Supported by: Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Art Research (Pondicherry), Theaterhaus Berlin. Funded by: German Federal Cultural Foundation through the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The production was created as part of the project “Space for Freedom and Feminism” funded by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Bangalore.
Location
HAU2
Hallesches Ufer 34, 10963 BerlinThere are two marked parking spots in front of the building. Barrier-free restroom facilities are available. Four relaxed seats are available in the first row of HAU2.
