National Contests

Treffen junger Autor*innen

14 to 18 November 2019

Treffen junger Autor*innen is a platform for talented young authors who express their themes and perspectives in their own word and in any literary genre.

Immersion

Diamante

Mariano Pensotti / Grupo Marea
Theatre
16, 17, 20, 22, 23 & 24 November 2019

For six hours, spectators move through the fictional Argentinian village Diamante and connect the scenes together that are being performed in parallel at different locations into a play of their own: A unique form of Gesamtkunstwerk combining acting, installation and music.

Talking about Change

How Do We Want to Work?

1 December 2019

In the third edition of the discussion series “Talking About Change“, Michael Akinlaton, Fabian Hinrichs, Christoph Magnussen and Anna Ott talk about the future of work.

Immersion

Uncanny Valley

Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) & Thomas Melle
Performance
28 December 2019 to 11 January 2020

The machine as actor – how far will the illusion go? Can a robot move us like a human does?

As a Guest

Classy Classics

Gauthier Dance//Dance Company Theaterhaus Stuttgart
15 to 19 January 2020

Choreographies by William Forsythe, Eric Gauthier, Marco Goecke, Ohad Naharin and Caytano Soto

Exhibition

Garden of Earthly Delights

Until 1 December 2019

The exhibition “Garden of Earthly Delights” sees over 20 international artists using the space of the garden as a metaphor for the state of the world, in an exploration of the complexities of our chaotic and increasingly precarious present.

Exhibition

Wu Tsang: There is no nonviolent way to look at somebody

Until 12 January 2020

Wu Tsang’s solo exhibition “There is no nonviolent way to look at somebody” presents films in dialogue with her sculptural practice, working with the interaction of glass, light and text, and including a new stained glass commission conceived for the Gropius Bau.

Exhibition

Walking Through Walls

Until 19 January 2020

“Walking Through Walls” marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the most symbolic events of the 20th century, interrogating the experience of vulnerability and anxiety caused by power structures that thrive on confinement and segregation.

Berliner Festspiele

Seeing what’s ahead

A brief overview of who we are and what we do!

Edition No. 27

Zum Schauspiel der Zukunft
Milo Rau & Fabian Hinrichs & Benny Claessens: Drei Reden (2018)
Andro Wekua: Works (2006–2014)
Now available at Haus der Berliner Festspiele!

Berliner Festspiele

The Berlin Declaration of The Many

Berlin theatres, art and cultural institutions and their associations take a clear stance against right-wing populism. We are one of them!