Tue

20.5.

20:00
Presentation Club

Sun

1.6.

14:00 Opening day
Samuel Hertz

Sun

1.6.

14:00 Opening day
Barbara Lenartz | Anton Rose

Sun

1.6.

14:00 Opening day
Yves Regenass

Sun

1.6.

14:00 Opening day
Sportmuseum Berlin

Sun

1.6.

14:00 Opening day
Jasper Landmann

Sun

1.6.

19:00 Opening day
Johannes List

Mon

2.6.

Mon

2.6.

Tue

3.6.

Wed

4.6.

Fri

6.6.

17:00
ADV Zebras Berlin

Fri

6.6.

19:00
FEELINGS

Fri

6.6.

21:00
Norwin Tharayil

Sat

7.6.

13:00
Streetball Team Berlin

Sat

7.6.

17:30
Norwin Tharayil

Sat

7.6.

19:00
Eva Hintermaier | Simon Kalus

Sat

7.6.

21:00
FEELINGS

Sun

8.6.

17:00
Eva Hintermaier | Simon Kalus

Sun

8.6.

18:30
FEELINGS

Sun

8.6.

20:00
Norwin Tharayil

Mon

9.6.

Fri

13.6.

18:30
Ahilan Ratnamohan

Fri

13.6.

21:00
Toni Jessen | Sebastian Mauksch | Volkan Türeli

Sat

14.6.

Sat

14.6.

18:30
Toni Jessen | Sebastian Mauksch | Volkan Türeli

Sat

14.6.

21:00
Ahilan Ratnamohan

Sun

15.6.

17:30
Ahilan Ratnamohan

Sun

15.6.

20:00
Toni Jessen | Sebastian Mauksch | Volkan Türeli

Mon

16.6.

Thu

19.6.

18:30
Jäckie Rydz

Thu

19.6.

19:30
Pissy – the podcast of Missy Magazine

Thu

19.6.

21:00 FLINTA+
Natasha Borenko | Lidiia Golovanova

Fri

20.6.

18:30
Jäckie Rydz

Fri

20.6.

21:00
René*e Reith

Sat

21.6.

18:00
Natasha Borenko | Lidiia Golovanova

Sat

21.6.

20:00
René*e Reith

Sat

21.6.

21:00
Rahel Crawford Barra | Nattan Dobkin

Thu

26.6.

21:00 Premiere
Tamara Trunova

Fri

27.6.

21:00 + artist talk
Tamara Trunova

Sat

28.6.

21:00
Tamara Trunova

Productions

  • © Kruse&Müller

Sweat and spandex. Performative excesses in the pool, in the pro wrestling ring and on stage

Marie Simons

What do pro wrestling, bodybuilding and artistic swimming have in common? Glittering spandex, overtrained bodies and the accusation that they are »not real« sports. Yet these disciplines are extreme physical feats. The lecture asks: What makes show sports so special? What performativities emerge between kitsch, control, sport and theater? And what body politics flex in the ring, on the stage or in the pool?

Marie Simons works as a director and dramaturge in the independent scene. Simons researches, works and writes from a queer-feminist perspective on gender and body productions in popular culture, especially in show sport.

Upcoming Dates

  • Jun 13, 2025, 19:30

Location

Sports bar

Tickets

Included in day pass

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Tickets can be purchased both online in advance and on site on the day of the event. For online tickets, the ticket provider Reservix charges a 10% advance booking fee per ticket and a 2 Euro service fee per ticket order in addition to the basic ticket price.

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Language

DE