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Colourful abstract painting featuring two dynamically posed figures facing each other in bright, vivid tones.

Anniversary

75 Years of the Berliner Festspiele

In 2026 the Berliner Festspiele celebrate their 75th anniversary.

Graphic diagram of the Berlin Ringbahn, featuring numbered circles connected by lines on a purple background. Markings with starting points.

Guided Tours

What If Berlin

The Ringbahn as a stage for 27 forgotten visions of the future

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele the Japanese artist Akira Takayama invites the public to take six guided tours on the Berlin Ringbahn.

Cityscape with modern skyscrapers reflected in calm water, trees in the foreground.

An Initiative of the Berliner Festspiele 2026/27

Focus Japan

The Berliner Festspiele dedicate a special focus to performative and musical arts from Japan.

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Lecture

In the Name of the Things

Lecture by Heiner Goebbels

Composer and director Heiner Goebbels, one of the most talented innovators of the contemporary music and theatre scene, talks about his latest creation Stifter’s Things and about the separation of the elements in his music theatre productions.