Agony on a treadmill: Rasche's 4.48 Psychosis at DT
REVIEW! Ulrich Rasche’s downsized production of "4.48 Psychosis", at Deutsches Theater Feb 12, 13, 28, 29, with English surtitles, captures the fury and fragility of Sarah Kane’s text but lacks the...
View ArticleDance revolution! Critic's must-see performances in February
Our stage critic's top picks for February are two exciting productions that capture the spirit of Berlin's dance scene. Don't miss Staatsballett kreativ at Tischlerei on Feb 21 through Feb 23 and "The...
View ArticleKomische Oper's Barrie Kosky on Weimar radicalism
INTERVIEW! With his production of Weimar's last operetta "Frühlingsstürme" playing now at Komische Oper, we met the Oper's intendant and chief director Barrie Kosky to talk reviving the piece after 87...
View ArticleExistentialism in 8-bit: ULTRAWORLD at the Volksbühne
REVIEW! Playing Mar 3 and 29 at the Volksbühne in German and English, Susanne Kennedy’s "ULTRAWORLD" is a psychedelic trip into the netherworlds of reality forcing us to see ourselves as co-creators in...
View ArticleMust-sees at Schaubühne’s FIND festival
Kicking off Mar 11 through Mar 22, the Schaubühne’s 20th Festival for International New Drama (FIND) boasts a thrilling programme featuring nine guest performances, two in-house premieres and a...
View ArticleFIND's Lucy McCormick on her X-rated Bible story Triple Threat
INTERVIEW! Schaubühne's FIND Festival has been cancelled, but we still managed to catch up with Lucy McCormick to hear more about her explicit re-enactment of the New Testament "Triple Threat" she was...
View Articlecie. toula limnaios: tell me a better story 1
The series of solo/duet pieces enables new perspectives: the company, internationally known for large ensemble pieces, now gives way to intimate encounters with the dancers and individual spaces for...
View Articlecie. toula limnaios: tell me a better story 2
The series of solo/duet pieces enables new perspectives: the company, internationally known for large ensemble pieces, now gives way to intimate encounters with the dancers and individual spaces for...
View ArticleRisk and Resilience
Performance festival: Sophiensaele invites audiences to “exercise and reflect on artistic, psychological and political resistance”. On the opening night, Olympia Bukkakis explores the sometimes-tense...
View ArticleComplex of Tensions
Film director, video artist and theatremaker Jasco Viefhues has interviewed queer black men living in Berlin for his theatre debut. Catch the premiere at Ballhaus Naunynstraße.
View ArticleOlympia Bukkakis: “I see drag as a social art form.”
Ahead of her new show at Sophiensaele, the dancer and performer talks about the pitfalls of representation, dealing with trauma and why we should all try drag.
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