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Coming of Age
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    • 25 Jahre SOPHIENSÆLE
    • A Family Outing – 20 Years On
    • Alter Hase
    • Body of Knowledge
    • Dawn: A musical on reproduction
    • Deep Godot
    • Deep Godot: Onlineversion
    • Die Zufügung
    • Gebeine. Die Frieda, die ich meine
    • Im Wald mit…
    • Intergenerationale Peer to Peer-Academy über das Alter(n) in der Freien Szene
    • Like Daughter, Like Mother
    • Memoirs of a…Unicorn
    • Ok boomer
    • Re-Generation
    • Sogar dein Tod war ein Geschenk
    • Stages of Ageing I: Altern in der freien Szene – Das Berlin Panel
    • Stages of Ageing II: Altern in der freien Szene – das überregionale Panel
    • Tank
    • Thank you for your effort, even if these requests cannot be fulfilled
    • The History of Korean Western Theatre
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Lajos Talamonti Lajos Talamonti Alter Hase Alter Hase November 04–07
Corinne Maier Corinne Maier Die Zufügung Die Zufügung October 30 31
25 Jahre SOPHIENSÆLE 25 Jahre SOPHIENSÆLE October 29
Peer to Peer-Academy Peer to Peer-Academy October 27
Stages of Ageing II: Altern in der freien Szene – das überregionale Panel Stages of Ageing II: Altern in der freien Szene – das überregionale Panel October 26
Stages of Ageing I: Altern in der freien Szene – Das Berlin Panel Stages of Ageing I: Altern in der freien Szene – Das Berlin Panel October 25
Interrobang Interrobang Deep Godot: Onlineversion Deep Godot: Onlineversion October 25–31 November 01–07
Cora Rudy van Dongen Frost/ Franz Reimer Cora Rudy van Dongen Frost/ Franz Reimer Sogar dein Tod war ein Geschenk Sogar dein Tod war ein Geschenk October 21–24
Doris Uhlich Doris Uhlich Tank Tank October 20 21
Siegmar Zacharias & Steve Heather Siegmar Zacharias & Steve Heather Re-Generation Re-Generation October 18
Samara Hersch and Company Samara Hersch and Company Body of Knowledge Body of Knowledge October 14–17
Interrobang Interrobang Deep Godot Deep Godot October 09 10 | every full hour 16.00 – 22.00 h
October 13–17 | every full hour 18.00 – 22.00 h
Marjani Forté-Saunders/ 7NMS Marjani Forté-Saunders/ 7NMS Memoirs of a…Unicorn Memoirs of a…Unicorn October 07 08
Schwenk & Schmans Schwenk & Schmans Im Wald mit… Im Wald mit… October 04–31 November 01–07
Olivia Hyunsin Kim / Ddanddarakim Olivia Hyunsin Kim / Ddanddarakim Like Daughter, Like Mother Like Daughter, Like Mother October 02–04
Sheena McGrandles Sheena McGrandles Dawn: A musical on reproduction Dawn: A musical on reproduction September 25 26
Jaha Koo / Campo Jaha Koo / Campo The History of Korean Western Theatre The History of Korean Western Theatre September 24 25
Ursula Martinez Ursula Martinez A Family Outing – 20 Years On A Family Outing – 20 Years On September 24 25
Ahh (Golschan Ahmad Haschemi/ Banafshe Hourmazdi) Ahh (Golschan Ahmad Haschemi/ Banafshe Hourmazdi) Ok boomer Ok boomer September 18–20
Liz Rosenfeld + Rodrigo Garcia Alves Liz Rosenfeld + Rodrigo Garcia Alves Thank you ... Thank you ... September 15–18
Vanessa Stern Vanessa Stern Gebeine. Die Frieda, die ich meine Gebeine. Die Frieda, die ich meine September 15 – November 07

Age is just a number – yet there is no getting around aging. In the midst of debates about the climate movement, identity politics, and body image, it is time to renegotiate long-established generational contracts. Not only has the recent pandemic history shown that questions of responsibility and solidarity need to be revisited. 
The performance festival COMING OF AGE is dedicated to various facets of aging in society – and looks at the different challenges of a phenomenon that affects us all.

In premieres, guest performances and discussions, we focus on intergenerational exchange and, at the same time, aim to counteract the invisibility of aging in theatrical, social and political contexts. The festival’s works design alternative models of care, reckon with outdated traditions, rework parental relationships and intergenerational contracts, and rethink elective families and societies. We also take a critical look at the challenges of aging in the performing arts: Why are aging bodies still taboo on stage? Why does the independent scene have the appearance of eternal youth? And what structural changes are needed to sustain aging in theater professions? And what strategies can be used to positively inhabit life and work experience in the context of the performative arts?

The Sophiensæle is getting older as well! As part of our festival, we would like to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Sophiensæle and the 30th edition of the Tanztage Berlin festival with you. On this occasion we will also release our publication Openings, which looks back on the last decade’s discourses and atmospheres of the Freie Szene.

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