Something Terrible Will Happen: The Cannibal Woman

Sophia Süßmilch / HAU

An evening exploring the power of anger and what happens when it escalates.Something has spiralled out of control. Beneath the surface of a rationalised, exhausted society, emotions for which there is no longer any space are building up: fear, grief, longing – and anger. But who, anyway, has the right to be angry?Female bodies have always been at the centre of social projections, control and appropriation. They are consumed, judged, regulated and desired – sexually, emotionally, reproductively, visually and, increasingly, digitally. At the same time, there is a deep-rooted fear of angry women. Female anger is seen as hysterical, irrational, dangerous.With “Something Terrible Will Happen: The Cannibal Woman”, the Berlin artist Sophia Süßmilch is developing her first production at a theatre at HAU – a performance about female anger and repressed emotions. At its heart is the cannibal, who radically reverses the familiar dynamic: she is no longer the object of consumption, but becomes the consuming subject herself.Through an interdisciplinary interplay of dance, drama and music, a visually striking world emerges, blending horror, the grotesque, clowns’ aesthetics and musical excess.“Something Terrible Will Happen: The Cannibal Woman” explores experienced violence, tamed bodies and the questions: Where does the anger go? What happens when it strikes back?

90–120 mins.

Artists/Collaborators: Sophia Süßmilch (Künstlerische Leitung, Regie, Text), Jette Büchsenschütz (Dramaturgie, Co-Regie), Achan Malonda (Co-Dramaturgie, Sensitivity Reading), Eva Weibel (Mitarbeit Regie), collectif blitzbereit (Matilde Flor (Outside Eye), Julie Savery (Outside Eye), Eva Weibel) (Outside Eye), Theresa Scheitzenhammer (Bühne), Sophia Süßmilch (Bühne), Julia Bosch (Kostüm), Sophia Süßmilch (Kostüm), Janina Zais (Make-up), Lea Schneidermann (Lichtdesign), Henrike Henoch (Musikalische Leitung, Komposition, Arrangements), Ilgen-Nur Borali (Musikalische Leitung, Komposition, Arrangements), Pauline Afaja (Performance), Ilgen-Nur Borali (Gitarre) (Performance), Neneh Boye Sowe (Violine) (Performance), Jemima Rose Dean (Performance), Henrike Henoch (Gesang (Performance), Klavier) (Performance), Lelah Neary (Performance), Lucia Peraza Rios (Performance), Jeanna Serikbayeva (Performance), Sophia Süßmilch (Performance), Leni Ulrich (Performance), Lee Everett Thieler (Fotografie, Making-of), Petra Poelzl (HAU) (Künstlerische Beratung), Sujin Choi (Technische Leitung), Amina Nouns (HAU) (Technische Leitung), Chiara Galesi (HAU) (Produktionsleitung), Jasna Witkoski (Mitarbeit Produktion), Lelah Neary (Choreographische Beratung), Jemima Rose Dean (Choreographische Beratung), Jeanna Serikbayeva (Choreographische Beratung)

Recommended for ages 16 and up.

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 12/September/2026 20:00 ( 3 more dates )
• Venue HAU Hebbel am Ufer - HAU1
• Address Stresemannstraße 29 A, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg