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Selection Period for Theatertreffen 2020

Productions that have their premiere between 21 January 2019 and 26 January 2020 may be considered by the jury for the 2020 Theatertreffen.
The 10 selected productions will be announced on 28 January.

The 2020 Theatertreffen will take place from 1 to 17 May.

Open Calls 2020

The Open Calls for the 2020 Stückemarkt and International Forum are out now.

Stückemarkt: Submissions no longer possible
International Forum: Submissions no longer possible
Theatertreffen-Blog: Deadline: 2.2.2020

Impressions of the 2019 Theatertreffen 2019

Our recap-video gives an impression of the 2019 festival edition. There were performances and discussions, we hatched plans for the future of the theatre - and partied a little, too! We would like to thank all participating artists, technical and other staff, panel guests, visitors, colleagues and all enthusiasts for a great festival and we are already looking forward to the 2020 festival edition.

About Theatertreffen

Every year, the festival Theatertreffen brings remarkable productions from the German-language region as well as works by emerging artists from across the world to Berlin. Which topics, aesthetics and urgent issues are shaping contemporary theatre?
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Stückemarkt

The Stückemarkt presents new authors from all over the world, who express themselves in a wide variety of theatre formats – from dramatic texts to performance project.

International Forum

The International Forum is the Theatertreffen’s background noise, the initial spark for global collaboration, alliances and actions, the platform that searches for an aesthetic movement.

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Theatertreffen-Blog

There’s no fake new here! Selected young arts journalists, photographers, video journalists, bloggers and radio journalists cover the Theatertreffen.

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A Female Quota of 50 % from 2020

From 2020, Theatertreffen will implement a female quota for a period of two years: At least 50% of the selection of ten productions will be directed by female directors or predominantly female collectives.

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Chronicle 1964 – 2019

Explore our database with all productions, theatres and directors since 1964!

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Gropius Bau

Rituals of Care

Performance series
15 January to 2 February 2020

The performance series Rituals of Care explores themes such as land and the Anthropocene, violence and repair. It resonates with the history and physicality of the Gropius Bau, which still bears the marks of wartime damage and its mending through carefully kept traces.

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“Non-Face” by Robert Lippok & Lucas Gutierrez

Festival

MaerzMusik – Festival for Time Issues

20 to 29 March 2020

In concerts, audiovisual performances, film screenings, readings, public talks and an exhibition MaerzMusik 2020 explores the simple and powerful idea of the beginning of time.

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Musikfest Berlin

First concerts 2020

Concerts
29 August to 23 September 2020

Concerts by orchestras from London, Paris, Rome and Frankfurt, and all of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32 piano sonatas, played by Igor Levit: Tickets for the first highlights of the Musikfest Berlin 2020 are already on sale.