Sophia Hankings-Evans
Sophia Hankings-Evans completed her BA at the Academy for Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg. In 2016, she participated with the play Moore and More in the Spoleto 59 – Festival Dei 2 Mondi in Italy, where she was awarded first prize in the European Young Theatre program. After her studies, she performed at the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and collaborated with the theater group Kollektiv eins. In 2018, she collaborated with Ugandan director Judith Adong in an intercultural project on womenhood. From the 2018-2020 season, she was a permanent ensemble member at the Theater an der Parkaue as well as in the 2020-2022 season, at the Theater Oberhausen. She developed the short film Decolonize Your Pussy and in 2022 brought the multimedia performance Transform Sensuality to the stage as part of the Feminist Series at Theater Oberhausen. Together with Nina Karimy she published her first play QWEENDOM in 2022, which premiered at Theater Oberhausen. At Ballhaus Naunynstraße, she acted in Im Strom (2022) by Atilla Oener and RISKANT. Vögel aufscheuchen (2023) directed by Arel Dewi.