Wait To Be Seated

She She Pop / Sandbox Collective

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.

90 mins.

Artists/Collaborators: She She Pop (Idee und Konzept), Sandbox Collective (Idee und Konzept), Sebastian Bark (Von und mit), Johanna Freiburg (Von und mit), Raabiya Jayaram (Von und mit), Lisa Lucassen (Von und mit), Mieke Matzke (Von und mit), Ilia Papatheodorou (Von und mit), Shiva Pathak (Von und mit), Nimi Ravindran (Von und mit), Berit Stumpf (Von und mit), Natasha Borenko (Künstlerische Mitarbeit), Rodrigo Zorzanelli (Künstlerische Mitarbeit), Sachin Gurjale (Künstlerische Mitarbeit Indien), Vinod Ravindran (Künstlerische Mitarbeit Indien), Joshua Muyiwa (Künstlerische Mitarbeit Indien), Lea Søvsø (Kostüm), Rita Rozhkova (Mitarbeit Kostüm), Claes Schwennen (Lichtdesign & Technische Leitung), Niranjan Gokhale (Licht, Video & Technisches Management Indien-Tour), Anand Samudre (Assistenz Technik & Produktion Indien), Foad Esfahani (Dramaturgische Beratung), ehrliche arbeit – freies Kulturbüro (PR & Kommunikation), Sridevi Rao (PR & Kommunikation Indien), Tina Ebert (Kommunikation), Richa Bhavanam (Dokumentation Indien), Anushka Meenakshi (Dokumentation Indien), Leya Mammen (Social Media und Hospitality India), Tina Ebert (Produktion), Aminata Oelßner (Produktion), Medha Nidhi S (Produktion), Elke Weber (Produktion), Raabiya Jayaram (Company Management Sandbox Collective), Shiva Pathak (Company Management Sandbox Collective), Nimi Ravindran (Company Management Sandbox Collective), Medha Nidhi S (Company Management Sandbox Collective), Aminata Oelßner (Company Management She She Pop), Elke Weber (Company Management She She Pop), Benjamin Krieg (Konzeption Video), Marius Bratoveanu (Technische Beratung), Marius Bratovean (Licht, Video & Technisches Management Deutschland-Tour), Manuel Louis Horstmann (Licht, Video & Technisches Management Deutschland-Tour), Michael Lentner (Licht, Video & Technisches Management Deutschland-Tour), Claes Schwennen (Licht, Video & Technisches Management Deutschland-Tour), Fanny Kempter (Hospitanz), PANTHEA (Deutsche Live-Übersetzung), Anisha Imhasly (Coaching), Yumin Li (Coaching), Philine Rinnert (Raum), Max Knoth (Coaching Musik)

Strobe lighting is used in this performance.

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• Date Saturday, 07/March/2026 19:00 (2 more dates)
• Venue Hebbel am Ufer - HAU2
• Address Hallesches Ufer 32, 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg
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