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Let them eat cupcake

With specialty bakeries cropping up all over Berlin, the cupcake mania seems to showing no signs of a winding down. Get the lowdown on this latest trend of 'cupitalism'.
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Raw food for thought: Andre Williams

INTERVIEW. Starting with his run as a singer in mid-1950s Detroit, the history of Williams might well be considered the story of rhythm and blues. He greases up Bassy on Saturday, May 19.
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Konrad Werner: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Norbert

Darth Merkel is getting nervous about next year's election – you can tell because she is starting to choke her admirals.
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The Theatertreffen Blog
Watching the clock

Theatertreffen director Yvonne Büdenhölzer named two defining features of this year’s choices: “Collective” and “Time”. Interestingly, the latter was expressed in a deliberately negative way by the festival itself: "Waste My Time".

May 18, 2012 11:00:00 AM
The Berlin Blog
Konrad Werner: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Norbert

Darth Merkel is getting nervous about next year's election – you can tell because she is starting to choke her admirals.

May 18, 2012 9:00:00 AM | 1 comment(s)
The Berlin Blog
Jacob Sweetman: Putting the Orff into Düsseldorf

The drama of last night’s relegation match between Hertha and Fortuna Düsseldorf will be talked about for weeks. Unfortunately, it won’t be about an edgy, exciting and breathless game, but for the chaotic scenes forcing a 20 minute break at the end.

May 16, 2012 4:00:00 PM | 2 comment(s)
The Theatertreffen Blog
We need to talk about Markus

Monday night saw the performance of the first-ever collective to be selected for the Theatertreffen’s Stückemarkt. Miriam gives us a peak into the repetitiously named Markus&Markus, Theatertreffen's chosen collective.

May 15, 2012 5:00:00 PM
The Berlin Blog
Amok Mama: Don't mention it

So, Jacinta Nandi doesn't want her kid to grow up to be the kind of German who thinks the worst consequence of the Holocaust is that every now and again German tourists in Bournemouth get some schoolkids doing the Hitlergruß at them. Boo-HOO.

May 15, 2012 9:00:00 AM | 6 comment(s)
The Theatertreffen Blog
Running the Faust-Marathon

Director Nicolas Stemann appeared on stage with a microphone at the start of nearly every section of his Faust I+II to explain the plot of Goethe’s two-part tragedy bit by bit as the performance unravelled. Miriam explains to you now.

May 14, 2012 4:00:00 PM
The Berlin Blog
Seymour Gris: Killing off the Creative Class

A new "freelancer tax" will surely be the death knell of many a one-man or woman start-up in Berlin.

May 14, 2012 2:00:00 PM | 2 comment(s)
The Theatertreffen Blog
The D-Word

Miriam has given herself a task during her year in Berlin to find the answer to a question that has been bothering her for a while: What Is A Dramaturg?

May 13, 2012 10:00:00 PM
The Theatertreffen Blog
A failed attempt to sum up John Gabriel Borkman

Twelve hours of theater. At once. Miriam Sherwood – super-trooper Theatertreffen blogger or total masochist? Here's her sum-up of the trial in five parts: Discomfort, Boredom, Fascination, Confusion, Amusement, Exhaustion, and Awe.

May 13, 2012 9:00:00 PM

Features

Wednesdays at Burger

May's Wednesday at Kaffee Burger lineup on May 23 features a couple of down-home space colonisers: electropop New Yorker Maxx Klaxon and Brazilian-Berliner Pharoah Chromium. Don't miss it. Doors at 21:00!

May 14, 2012 by D. Strauss in What's On

Little Pop Up: Pop-up shop for tots and beyond

The latest location of the twee, family-friendly pop-up store adds a touch of colour and whimsy to its grim surroundings. Get some designer threads for your young 'un and maybe yourself!

May 18, 2012 by Deepa Sury in Features (2 Comments)

A strange family indeed

INTERVIEW. Veteran actor Tom Strauss is giving The Lab, a play programme at ETB dedicated to presenting contemporary English works, the revival it deserves. The May edition features Cinders on Sun, May 20.

May 11, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage

Tastings in Berlin: From tea to whisky

Utter the word 'tasting' and wine automatically springs to mind. But there's plenty more on offer here. From tea lovers to beer lovers or whisky aficionados, Berlin has it all and these connoisseurs want to share their expertise with you!

May 8, 2012 by Ange Suprowicz | Abigail Theleme in Restaurants

“These are the ruins of modern Greece”

INTERVIEW. Director Athina Rachel Tsangari's deadpan love story Attenberg marries animal docs with Greek story structure. Her second film is one of many to recently emerge from the new Greek school of filmmaking. It opens in Berlin cinemas May 10.

May 8, 2012 by Eve Lucas in Film

The other lit caste

Tired of the same old reading nights where the chance of surprise is limited to when your mobile embarrassingly goes off? So were Thomas Götz von Aust and Andreas Schwarz. Dichter and Dichter vs. Borderlines is the antidote.

May 4, 2012 by Walter Crasshole in Stage

Berlin Biennale: Forget passivity

The 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art not only comments on politics – it provides a platform for political action and collective participation. The time has come to roll up your sleeves and get involved.

May 10, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook | Sarah Handyside in Art (1 Comments)

Tax time!

Tax deadline is creeping up on us. And for the 2011 return, it may be May 31, but if you aren't thinking about it by now, you should. We have a few tips for those of you not so familiar with Germany's tax-appeal (and non-appeal).

May 2, 2012 by Seymour Gris in Zeitgeist (2 Comments)

Theatertreffen 2012: A German theatre summit

May 4-21 marks the return of the eclectic TT. Hosted by Haus der Berliner Festspiele, it promises the 10 most noteworthy productions from the German-speaking theatre world. Check our own cooperation with Theatertreffen Blog for the latest on it.

May 2, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage

Agitprop on Linienstraße: The 7th Berlin Biennale

INTERVIEW. Polish artist Artur Żmijewski on curating Berlin’s seventh Biennale: a regular at major exhibitions and biennials the world over, Żmijewski is known for ruffling feathers.

Apr 23, 2012 by Ruth Schneider in Art (1 Comments)

Save Berlin: Mad science II

Last fall, Berlin quietly lost a masterpiece. Known as the Konsistorium, the building was the regional headquarters of the German Protestant Church from 1971-2000. In 2011 it was demolished.

Apr 24, 2012 by Dan Borden in Zeitgeist

Let them eat cupcake

Raw food for thought: Andre Williams

Konrad Werner: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Norbert

The Berlin Blog

Watching the clock

Konrad Werner: You have failed me for the last time, Admiral Norbert

Jacob Sweetman: Putting the Orff into Düsseldorf

We need to talk about Markus

Amok Mama: Don't mention it

Running the Faust-Marathon

Seymour Gris: Killing off the Creative Class

The D-Word

A failed attempt to sum up John Gabriel Borkman

Features

Wednesdays at Burger

Little Pop Up: Pop-up shop for tots and beyond

A strange family indeed

Tastings in Berlin: From tea to whisky

“These are the ruins of modern Greece”

The other lit caste

Berlin Biennale: Forget passivity

Tax time!

Theatertreffen 2012: A German theatre summit

Agitprop on Linienstraße: The 7th Berlin Biennale

Save Berlin: Mad science II

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