Finale
This unconventional show combines the theatrics of Berlin's Analog company with the stunts and acrobatics of Czech circus rebels Cirk La Putyka, telling a music, dance and confetti-filled story of...
View ArticleA spot of pink on Potse
Will Potsdamer Straße ever be a nightlife drag? Right now, Berlin scenester Lena Braun is reclaiming what she sees as the street’s rightful legacy with her new "miniature cabaret", Barbiche.
View ArticleMovement on the dance scene: Tanz im August
Tanz im August is back (Aug 10-Sep 2). And 30! The latest edition of the international dance festival proves why dance in Berlin is as strong as ever. Daniel Mufson explains why and how TiA has helped...
View ArticleChilly Gonzales
Gonzales grabs the spotlight at Haus der Berliner Festspiele for three consecutive nights in November to deliver pieces from not only brand new Solo Piano III (out Sep 7), but the previous two Solo...
View ArticleReal news, real dramas
New plays on social and political themes distinguish the city’s theater offerings this month.
View ArticleThe moral washing machine: André Leipold of ZPS
INTERVIEW! Their latest action "Soko Chemnitz" triggered the expected scandal. Zentrum für politische Schönheit use performance art as a tool to shock our numb minds out of what they see as shameful...
View ArticlePerforming Arts Festival 2019: MUSE
Part of the PAF 2019, check out an experimental session in life drawing and discussion. Over the course of a one-hour life drawing session with the performer Cameryn Moore, the audience can watch,...
View ArticlePerforming Arts Festival 2019: Sex Ed
Sit back, relax and laugh or be a part of this risqué cabaret – filled with sexplosive figure theater. From funny songs about erotic stories, entertaining interactive games and puzzles to discussion...
View ArticlePerforming Arts Festival: The Furious Rodrigo Batista
Part of the Performing Arts Festival 2019. Rodrigo Batista from Brazil researches rebellion as a condition. In doing so, he puts himself and his outrage on stage. He makes himself attackable... and...
View ArticleWorn and Felt
In this interactive, non-visual dance performance, five dancers invite the audience to explore the emotional consequences of racism – such as shame, fear and anger – via dirict physical contact and in...
View Article“Oh they love it when things go wrong!”: Taylor Mac
INTERVIEW! The acclaimed performer is in Berlin for "A 24-Decade History of Popular Music", opening Oct 10 at Berliner Festspiele. Before curtain up Mac talks trials and tribulations of the marathon...
View ArticleBody Performance
The Museum for Photography is opening an exhibition on performance art, dance and stage photography, featuring the likes of Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe and Bernd Uhlig. Starts 20:00.
View ArticleAlles ist Material: 20 Years of Post-Dramatic Theatre
HAU celebrates 20 years of post-dramatic theatre with a mini-festival featuring performance collectives She She Pop and Gob Squad. On opening duty is Joana Tischkau’s Playback (in English and German)....
View Article30 Years Fall of the Wall
Berlin marks the big anniversary with a free open air concert at Brandenburger Tor. Confirmed so far are the Staatskapelle conducted by Daniel Barenboim, DJ WestBam, with further acts to be confirmed....
View ArticleI Love You, Goodbye
Same procedure every Brexit: the unruly British-German performance collective Gob Squad serve up another edition of their cooking show meets boisterous parliament parody at HAU1.
View ArticlePerformance in the age of digital egotism
RANT! Since when is it acceptable to take photos on your smartphone during a performance? Do these people really want to document the performance (poorly!), or just that they were there? Our stage...
View ArticleEscaping the matrix: Bishop Black’s Becoming My Body
REVIEW! Bishop Black's "Becoming My Body", a solo piece for Ballhaus Naunynstrasse playing through Jan 11, sees the performer embark on a torturous attempt to free himself from objectifying conditions,...
View ArticleUnder(dog) art: Olle Strandberg
INTERVIEW! In 2005 Olle Strandberg broke his neck during a somersault. With the exclellent "Underart: Ode to a Crash Landing" the Swedish circus director contemplates his own paralysis and recovery, on...
View ArticleCutting-edge electronica: Critic's top picks for CTM Festival
Kicking off Jan 24 through Feb 2 at various venues across the city, this year’s edition of CTM is packed with the finest techno, neoperreo, AV performances and more. Here’s our music critic's tips of...
View ArticleGob Squad's Sarah Thom on their Brexit-inspired I Love You, Goodbye
INTERVIEW! Ahead of their upcoming performance "I Love You, Goodbye – The Brexit and Beyond Edition" on Jan 31 at HAU1, Gob Squad founding member Sarah Thom talks 25 years of the collective,...
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