Liina Magnea: She’s Constructing the Exit Signs (Hope&Delusion) | Jan 20-21 | SOPHIENSÆLE – Sophiensæle | Independent Theater in Berlin
Liina Magnea: She’s Constructing the Exit Signs (Hope & Delusion)
In She’s Constructing the Exit Signs (Hope & Delusion) Liina Magnea addresses the emotional function of the musical and musical film and how it can offer itself as a coping strategy in hopeless times. The musical asylum penetrates reality, creating a delusional construction of a fairytale world, while the actual surrounding is sad and gloomy.
The alternative reality being created helps the hungry, worn-out protagonist to imagine itself as a character of a fictional narrative where everything is possible – the ultimate escape.
If any questions remain from the following information, please feel free to contact Hannah Aldinger at barrierefreiheit@sophiensaele.com or 030 27 89 00 35. Please note that details may change by the day of the event.
General: The performance lasts about 50-60 minutes and uses English spoken language as well as fictional language. On stage, the performance uses sudden light changes, bright and dark lighting and loud singing.
Combi-Ticket: The performance will take place as a double bill with Songs of the Dopamine Carousel by Bully Fae Collins. This means that when you buy your ticket, you will receive a combi-ticket that allows you to attend both performances. The performances will be shown one after the other. Reserved tickets must be picked up at the box office by 7.30 pm.
Audience area: The audience area on the grandstand is seated. There are two wheelchair spaces and two beanbag seats, which can be reserved or purchased at the online ticket shop or box office, depending on availability.
Early Boarding: If, for artistic reasons, the door to the auditorium does not open until very shortly before the performance begins, there is the option of Early Boarding. This is early admission for all people (especially with visible or non-visible disabilities) who want a specific seat or a more relaxed entry.
You can also find more information about accessibility here.
Choreography, Performance, Composer Liina Magnea Composer Hjörtur Hjörleifsson Costume, styling Taylor Thoroski Dramaturgical support Jette Büchsenschütz LIGHT DESIGN Hanna Kritten Tangsoo
A production by Liina Magnea in co-production with SOPHIENSÆLE. The 32nd edition of Tanztage Berlin is a production of the SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe. With the friendly support of Tanzfabrik Berlin e. V., Theaterhaus Berlin Mitte and HZT Berlin. Media partners: Siegessäule, taz and Berlin Art Link.
Liina Magnea is a Berlin based artist working across performance, music, choreography and film. Her practice is driven by a fascination with the immaterial Gesamtkunstwerk, combining disciplines into fluid works that reflect the fragmented logic of the digital age. Drawing on phenomena such as doomscrolling, she explores identity, psychological fragility, and compulsive behavior.
In her performances, Magnea inhabits charged figures such as police officers, soldiers or school shooters, which she dismantles through an interplay of tragedy and absurdity. Her work moves between theatricality and collapse, asking how constructed realities can function as coping mechanisms in times of instability.
Her work has been presented at Volksbühne Berlin, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, MUDAM Luxembourg, MDT Stockholm, Centrale di Fies and Steirischer Herbst among others.