She She Pop

Hexploitation

Performance Social/Urban Movements Theatre & Performance

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A screen diva approaches the mirror in a studied pose, views her aged face as a travesty of herself and breaks out into a horrifying scream. This iconic images stems from the film Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) which established the genre of the psycho biddy or hagsploitation movies.

In 2021, all the members of She She Pop will be around 50 years of age. In Hexploitation, they deal with the fear of the hag, the old woman, and the witch. With their ageing bodies, they fight against disappearance and losing social validity, suffered by women beyond childbearing age. They transform the stage into a dark and kitschy film set; a live camera serves as a magnifying mirror and scrutinising instrument. With it, She She Pop, as ageing psycho biddies, explore flaws, obsessions, taboos, and traditional depictions of witches.

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cast

Sebastian Bark, Johanna Freiburg, Fanni Halmburger, Lisa Lucassen, Mieke Matzke, Ilia Papatheodorou, Berit Stumpf. Video: Benjamin War. Music: Santiago Blaum. Stage: Sandra Fox. Costumes: Lea Søvsø. Costumes assistance: Lili Hillerich and Mads Dinesen. Artistic and dramaturgical collaboration: Laia Ribera Cañénguez. Sound design: Manuel Horstmann. Light design: Michael Lentner. Technical management: Sven Nichterlein. Video assistance: Daniela Garcia del Pomar. Internship: Carolin Bodensteiner, Rodrigo Zorzanelli Cavalcanti. Production management: Valeria Germain. PR, communication: honest work – free cultural office. Freelance communication: Tina Ebert. Finance administration: Aminata Oelßner. Company Management: Elke Weber. Thanks to: Veronica Dyas (Dublin), Claudia Opitz (Basel), Eva von Redecker (Berlin), Takako Shibata (Tokyo)

credits

A production by She She Pop in coproduction with HAU Hebbel am Ufer Berlin, Kampnagel Hamburg, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, FFT Düsseldorf, Residenz Schauspiel Leipzig, HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts, Kaserne Basel, Dublin Theater Festival and Festival delle Colline Torinesi / TPE – Teatro Piemonte Europe. Funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.