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Italian performance icon Silvia Calderoni teams up with artist collective MOTUS to take us on a genderless journey filled with monologue and fast beats.
View ArticleLucky Trimmer
Another smorgasbord awaits across town: the 25th edition of Sophiensaele’s festival of dance and performance pieces under 10 minutes. Catch the seven invited pieces, plus an after party featuring...
View ArticleRima Kamel
Singer Rima Khcheich spins classical Arabic music into something entirely her own. Tonight the Lebanese singer enters into a dialogue with her alter ego, a child star named Rima Kamel, and ventures...
View ArticleTragedy to farce
Alexander Karschnia, one-third of the free-scene collective Andcompany&Co, reveals what makes his theatre company tick.
View ArticleFood for thought: Berlin Food Art Week
A Garden of Eden for vegetarians, a challenge to those that cherish meat and the opportunity to contemplate cannibalism and vampirism: All this awaited stage editor Lily Kelting at Berlin Food Art...
View ArticleTanz im August: Reopening the old suitcase
Summer dance festival Tanz im August is back (Aug 11-Sep 2) at venues all over the city. Don't miss a retrospective of Spanish dancer and performance artist La Ribot (highlighted here) and read on for...
View ArticleFielding
Attempting to show the dance between space and light is no easy task, however, Fielding, the new performance from Shannon Cooney, attempts this by accentuating the felt sense of seeing and being seen...
View ArticleHitting the right notes
It’s a good time to be an opera fan in Berlin. Here’s a look at the revitalised scene. Three operas – "Die schöne Hélèna", "Pelléas et Mélisande" and "Le Prophète" – offer fans and newbies alike...
View ArticleForte: Toldi
Award-winning Hungarian dance troupe Forte Company present an exhilarating performance of János Arany's famous epic Toldi in full and in its original language (with English surtitles). Includes...
View ArticleDamn dirty apes at HKW
The apes are loose at HKW in their Ape Culture exhibition! And where would ape culture be without The Planet of the Apes? Interdisciplinary artist Coco Fusco channels Dr. Zira for a live lecture on...
View ArticleBad blood
Fake guts, Frosties, Prozac and in-your-face consumerism turn the famous Marquis de Sade novel (and Pasolini film), "120 Days of Sodom", into a bizarre theatrical spectacle, playing at Volksbühne on...
View ArticleSuburban nightmare: A Twin Peaks twist in Tempelhof
Sleuth through the town of Neu-Friedenwald in the immersive theatre project "The Shells", inspired by Twin Peaks, June 13-20 at Greenhouse. Co-directors Jos Porath and Kristen Brandt explain turning a...
View ArticleVirtue and vice: Two Maxim Gorki premieres
"Das Kohlhaas-Prinzip", Yael Ronen's freewheeling adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist’s novella, packs plenty of black humor, theatrical self-awareness and manic energy, and Dionysus and Pentheus face...
View ArticleCog in the machine
German-British performance collective Gob Squad built a little robot named Myon, and then teamed up with Komische Oper to teach him all about feelings in their new musical "My Square Lady". Catch it...
View ArticleA labyrinth of light
The much-anticipated performance art piece from Theater Anu, Die große Reise, is lighting up Tempelhofer Feld at night. Circus-like, surreal characters pine for unattainable fantasies and you become a...
View ArticleThe Exberliner Guide to Berlin Art Week 2015
A explosion of exhibitions is set to make up Berlin Art Week Sep 15-20. Not sure about which events to attend? We've put together a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the performances, openings...
View ArticleThe great escape: 2. Berliner Herbstsalon
Running from Nov 13-29, the Maxim Gorki Theater invites over 35 artists and groups from around the world to provide their unique responses to the refugee crisis, from reinterpreted ancient Greek...
View ArticleMaerzMusik: Our picks
Get ready for MaerzMusik! In case you have trouble deciding which of the many concerts and performances you should hit, we just made it easier for you.
View ArticleNo bullshit refugee media stories
INTERVIEW! The Schaubühne’s annual F.I.N.D. Festival is coming up (Apr 7-17). Anis Hamdoun presents his autobiographical play "The Trip", which tells the stories of the friends he has lost in the...
View ArticleOnly sound: Kazuo Imai of Marginal Consort
INTERVIEW. Whatever you do, don't call it music! Legendary Japanese experimental noise foursome Marginal Consort break their rule of only performing once a year and treat Berlin with a special concert...
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