{"id":15141,"date":"2026-03-16T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/?p=15141"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T07:03:41","slug":"wait-to-be-seated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asef.org\/aecfest\/wait-to-be-seated\/","title":{"rendered":"WAIT TO BE SEATED"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Wait To Be Seated<\/i><\/strong> is a theatrical collaboration between two feminist collectives: Sandbox Collective from Bangalore<\/strong> and She She Pop from Berlin<\/strong>. The performance explores hospitality<\/strong> by playing with the rules of etiquette<\/strong>. The rules are carefully followed, but also deliberately broken. The groups take turns stepping into the roles of host and guest<\/strong>, revealing these roles to be both challenging and charged<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>

In India, the phrase Atithi Devobhava<\/i> (\u201cthe guest is equal to God\u201d) is widely known. In Karnataka, the poet Kuvempu wrote Teredide Mane O Ba Athithi<\/i>, which means \u201cthe door is open, dear guest, please enter.\u201d There is no equally open and inviting expression in German. Hospitality can therefore be complex and sometimes tense<\/strong>, especially when it comes to cultural codes or international encounters<\/strong>: full of rules, contradictions, and expectations that shift with person, place, time, and context. Yet a \u201cgood\u201d host is expected to manage them all.\u00a0<\/p>

Wait To Be Seated<\/i> examines these rules and asks: who do they protect, and from what? What happens when formalities are set aside? And how do power structures such as gender, race, and colonialism come into play? The performance unfolds in spaces that feel both familiar and abstract<\/strong> \u2014 a dining table, a red carpet, a dance floor \u2014 beginning with the two groups opposite each other, searching for ways to meet and find a middle ground<\/strong>.<\/p>

Purchase your full-festival pass (passe-partouts) and day passes here<\/strong><\/a>. Individual event tickets available here<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Follow our social media channels<\/a> for updates and more!<\/p>

Admission: \u20ac19\/ \u20ac16. On 15 May, Wait To Be Seated<\/strong><\/em> will be followed by post-show talk with the artists.<\/p>

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