Weiße Witwe: Animatronic spiders and AfD fever-dreams
Kurdwin Ayub's debut play challenges reductive stereotypes and enters into dialogue with the meaning of female empowerment […]
Review
Staatsballet’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’: Playfully contemporary Shakespeare
Performed by the Staatsballet Berlin, this adaptation of Shakespeare's classic mixes old and new in a lackadaisical, […]
Editor's column
Good mourning: What we gain from tragic theatre
What is it about onstage tragedy that so fascinates us? Oliver Frlijć’s 'Frankenstein' opens the floor for […]
Interview
How Staatsballett director Christian Spuck is creating a movement
Christian Spuck, the leader of the Staatsballett, is balancing traditional and modern, reinvention and revival.
Preview
Armenian Allegories: Gorki’s urgent spring salon is confronting genocide
Armenian artists from all around the world are coming to Berlin's Gorki Theater to participate in a […]
Guide
Theatertreffen 2025: Our highlights from this year’s boundary-breaking programme
From Savaş Mican's gripping drama to Florentina Holzinger's visceral performance art, these are the shows you can't […]
