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Dedicated to Theatre – On the Death of Henning Rischbieter

On 22 May 2013, the theatre critic Henning Rischbieter passed away in Berlin.More ...
Kiss & Cry – Michèle Anne de Mey & Jaco Van Dormael © Marteen Vanden Abeele

About Boundaries and Generations – The Perspectives Performing Arts Festival 2013 (05/15/2013)

From 16 until 26 May 2013, the Franco-German Perspectives festival will be showcasing contemporary performing art in Saarbrücken.More ...
Nis-Momme Stockmann: Tod und Wiederauferstehung der Welt meiner Eltern in mir | Foto: Katrin Ribbe

Focus on Dramatists (11.05.2013)

The Theatre Festival Stücke (i.e. plays) invites theatre lovers to Mülheim from 11 until 29 May 2013.More ...
Kleiner Mann, was nun? | Foto: © Birgit Hupfeld

The Contemporary Nature of the Past – The Ruhr Festival in Recklinghausen (04/30/2013)

From 1 May to 16 June 2013, the canon of modernist literature will be brought to the stage.More ...
Mein Jerusalem, Foto: Rami Maymon

Reality on Stage – The Radikal Jung Theatre Festival (04/18/2013)

From 19 until 26 April 2013, this festival of young directors will be taking place in Munich.More ...
Movimentos 2013; Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company; Choreographie: If At All; Foto: Nevo, Uri

Dance for Tolerance – The Movimentos Festival Weeks 2013 (04/06/2013)

For ten years now, the Autostadt has been staging the Movimentos festival weeks. This year, they are bringing dance, music and theatre to Wolfsburg until 5 May.More ...
„Frankenstein-Projekt“ Regie: Kornél Mundruczó; Foto: Mátyás Erdély

Crossing Boundaries – The Festival of International New Drama 2013 (03/16/2013)

From 16 until 24 March 2013, Berlin’s Schaubühne theatre will be staging the Festival of International New Drama “F.I.N.D. 2013”, at which European directors and playwrights will be presenting their latest plays.More ...
Drei Epochen in der Markthalle | Foto: Matthias Fluhrer

Gorillas on Stage: The Impro Festival (03/14/2013)

From 15 until 24 March 2013, Berlin will play host to improvisational theatre.More ...
adk13_RadioZukunft_Burghardt Mila Burghardt: „Wir müssen reden“ Performance-Still: Mila Burghardt

Audio Visions – The Radio Future Festival (03/06/2013)

In an era of rapidly changing media, the Radio Future Festival, which will be taking place from 7 to 10 March 2013 in Berlin, is keen to draw attention to a medium that is at once under threat yet very much alive.More ...
Alienated Alchimist Association; Schau mir in die Karten Kleines; Foto: Mirko Thiele

Luxurious Pain and Ponyville – 100° Berlin Festival

From 21 to 24 February 2013, the HAU and Sophiensæle theatres in Berlin will be playing host to the 100° Berlin Festival for the tenth time.More ...
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Power in Miniature – Kleist Promotional Award 2013 Goes to Maria Milisavljevic (01/25/2013)

On 22 January 2013 Maria Milisavljevic presented herself and her play „Brandung“ at the Kleist Forum in Frankfurt (Oder).More ...
Nebenschauplätze Nr. 1 Foto © Hofmann&Lindholm

New Standpoints: The “Frankfurter Positionen” Festival (01/17/2013)

From 18 January until 20 February 2013, artists from all over Europe will be exploring the future of modernity.More ...
Samir Akika und Johannes Fundermann „Young & Furious“ © Luc Depreitere

The sky’s not the limit – The Favoriten 2012 Theatre Festival (11/23/2012)

From 24 November until 1 December 2012, a number of venues in Dortmund will be opening their doors for the biennial theatre festival Favoriten.More ...
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Social Criticism and Internationality – 100 Years of the Munich Kammerspiele (10/11/2012)

From 11 to 14 October 2012, the Munich Kammerspiele is celebrating its centenary as the new season gets underway.More ...
Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, HAU 1 © Sven Neumann

First Place for the HAU – The Berlin Theatre is Named Theatre of the Year (09/08/2012)

German-speaking theatre critics have made their choice: the Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) theatre in Berlin has been voted Theatre of the Year for the second time.More ...
Plan B © Sebastian Seidel

Bertolt Brecht in Augsburg, Berlin – and the World (02/06/2012)

On 10 February, before and after the poet’s birthday, two festivals will illuminate his political legacy as well as the influence of his works on new international theatrical forms.More ...
Nur Nachts, Dramaten, Societeatstheater, Dresden, photo: Detlef Ulbrich

OFF 11 – Independent Theatre in Saxony (1/24/2012)

From 24 to 27 January, the Festival of the Saxon State Association of Independent Theatre will be taking place at the Gerhart Hauptmann Theatre in Zittau.More ...
Berlin Elsewhere by Constanza Macras and DorkyPark, Gastspiel Schaubühne Berlin, Constanza Macras and DorkyPark © Thomas Aurin

“For the World – Lessing Festival” (01/18/2012)

From 18 January until 4 February, the 2012 Lessing Festival will be held at the Thalia Theater and other venues in Hamburg.More ...

Reclaiming Public Space

Foto: kallejipp; Quelle: Photocase
How physical or digital is the public domain? A conference on the role of culture between public and digital spheres on 22. and 23. April in Berlin.

After the Fall – Europe after 1989

A European theatre project by the Goethe-Institut on the impact of the fall of the Berlin wall

Contemporary German Theatre in Lithuania

Curtain up! A look at Lithuanian theatres that are staging contemporary German plays

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