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
Speed dating the Stückemarkt
INTERVIEWS. Three up-and-comers from Theatertreffen's Stückemarkt, Pamela Carter, Julia Holewińska and Magda Fertacz, give us quick takes on what makes them, and their plays, tick. Enjoy getting to know them here!
May 8, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
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
EXBERLINER's May issue
OUT NOW! "The THEATRE issue" – Our THEATER guide, REVOLUTIONARIES of STAGE, RACISM in Berlin theatre, and our guide to TAX TIME. PLUS, an interview with ANDRE WILLIAMS and much more.
Apr 30, 2012 in Features
New Russian soul
INTERVIEW. Dubbed "the man behind modern Russian ballet", choreographer Boris Eifman brings his sensationally divisive, over-the-top aesthetic to Berlin for the ballet adaptations of Anna Karenina and Onegin.
Apr 17, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
An X-rated hard knock life
A cult musical from the 1970s translated from the perspective of the child sex trade? Annie: The Fantasy at the Theaterhaus Mitteis dance theater that succeeds in letting the audience laugh, and ask why at the same time.
Apr 10, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Joan La Barbara: Back to Cage
INTERVIEW. Long-time John Cage collaborator La Barbara brings the work of the avant-garde composer to the Berlin stage on March 17 at Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
Mar 12, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
The woman behind the helix
Photograph 51 paved the way for the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA and its method of replication. Not focusing on science, but on the people whose hopes and dreams depend on it, this play makes for an engaging evening of theatre.
Mar 9, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Splatter theatre: Shannon Murphy
INTERVIEW. The director of the experiential theatre collective Sands through the Hourglass discusses the group’s in-your-face performances, on display this month at F.I.N.D. festival.
Mar 5, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Send in the clown: Peter Shub
INTERVIEW. These days the American-born entertainer is bringing his hilarity to a new domain: dinner theatre. His run at the Palazzo dinner theatre ends on Sun, Mar 4.
Feb 28, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
100º 2012: Is it hot in here?
Ninth edition of the Berlin chaotic “free-scene” performance descends on Mitte and Kreuzberg, promising dance, theater and a good measure of the unexpected. Our Blitz-guide offers a rundown of the best.
Feb 21, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
"The drug of capitalism"
INTERVIEW. Max Schumacher, founder and co-artistic director of the international multiplatform Post Theater, discusses his latest muse – coffee. It starts its jittery run on Feb 9 at Dock 11.
Feb 8, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
A chat with... Yasmeen Godder
The Israeli choreographer's powerful performance dedicated to primal being and sensations, Storm End Come, opens Thu, Jan 19 amidst the Fashion Week flurry at HAU 2.
Jan 13, 2012 by Alice Bauer in Stage
The Sophiensæle building: Renovated and back!
Interview: artistic director Franziska Werner. Fifteen years after its founding, the Sophiensæle celebrated with a partial, much-needed renovation and a new leadership structure. Tanztage 12 opens today, so it's a perfect chance to check it out!
Jan 5, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Sophiensæle in five dates
Jan 5, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
The Sophiensæle renovation
Jan 5, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Tanztage 12
Jan 4, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Like a virgin: A chat with Chris Scherer
Fresh from down under, via a detour through Portugal, Australian performer and choreographer Chris Scherer is premiering his new work, Virginised, during the Tanztage.
Jan 3, 2012 by Summer Banks in Stage
Peaking at Midnight
What are we going to do on New Year's? Funny you should ask, tourist from Barcelona. For a city in which nothing ever really changes, Berlin remains the New Year’s capital of the world. Let’s dig in.
Dec 19, 2011 by Alexandra Khan-Anselmo | D. Strauss in What's On (2 Comments)
"The real world is difficult to recognize"
INTERVIEW: director Stephane Braunschweig. What do we make of a man who kidnaps the troubled for his own brand of intervention? The director explains it to us.
Dec 14, 2011 by Summer Banks in Stage
Postcards of resistance
Interview: Jorinde Dröse. Staging Hans Fallada's last, most famous and recently rediscovered work, Jeder stirbt für sich allein, Dröse brushes aside the obscurity that the author faced after his death in 1947.
Nov 24, 2011 by Daniel Berg in Stage
Jorinde Dröse in five dates
Nov 24, 2011 by Daniel Berg in Stage
"Theatre is a kind of collective séance"
Interview: director Peter Sellars. His new production, Desdemona, was written by author Toni Morrison and receives its German premiere at spielzeit'europa on Nov 10.
Nov 11, 2011 by Joseph Pelan in Stage
Critical mass
INTERVIEW: Nicola Hümpel of Nico and the Navigators. The ensemble is stages Rossini’s Petite messe solennelle, putting a contemporary spin on what the great comic composer called his “poor little Mass”.
Nov 9, 2011 by Summer Banks in Stage
Nicola Hümpel in six dates
Nov 9, 2011 in Stage