Mutter Courage 2

Mutter old but epic!

Seventy-three years later and Bertolt Brecht's Mutter Courage und Ihre Kinder still delivers. With a strong cast, Paul Dessau's music and direction by Claus Peymann, this production is a amazingly crafted and worth the ticket price.

May 10, 2012 by in Stage

Dichter und Dichter

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 in Stage

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EXBlicks: The gutter lens

Continuing our Berlin film series is M.A. Littler’s Radical Man, a profile of polemic urban portraitist Miron Zownir. Dragging himself from the city gutters, Zownir will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A.

Feb 20, 2012 by in Film

Hans

EXBlicks: Punks in luck

The next installment of our Berlin film series (with English subs!) will be with Claudia Lehmann's Hans im Glück, a documentary of GDR punk, Hans Narva. As well as the Q&A with Lehmann, Narva perform!

Jan 9, 2012 by in Film

Berlin pornopolis

This city is an obvious choice for a porn film festival. And the PornFilmFestival Berlin, starting Oct 26, keeps it alt and arty, featuring groundbreaking directors and performers, including François Sagat.

Oct 19, 2011 by in Film

No Wave is good wave

A weekend evaluating No Wave with a peek at film by pivotal (no-)figures John Lurie, Beth and Scott B, Vivienne Dick, and James Nares in the form of films, panels, lectures and a performance by James Chance.

Jun 1, 2011 by in Film (1 Comments)

A cock of one's own

Freud, Butler, the French and the Germans are all with us here. No, it's not a game of Cluedo. It's Bruce LaBruce's take of Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire, a thoughtful bit of engaging entertainment.

Mar 8, 2011 by in Stage (1 Comments)

Jail: A lifestyle choice

When is jail not really so bad? When your entire cell is one giant bed. Walter Crasshole finds the best place to handcuff yourself, or someone you don't want to let go.

Jan 3, 2011 by in Zeitgeist

"We tickled our toes..."

INTERVIEW: INTERPOL's Sam Fogarino talks to us about dabbling with the majors, losing certain band members and the longevity of Interpol itself.

Nov 15, 2010 by in Reviews & Interviews

A chat with... Steve Ignorant of Crass

Hardline politics and an urge to take the piss with their wicked sense of humor made Crass legends. Now the most visible member of the band is taking the songs on the road again.

Oct 18, 2010 by in Reviews & Interviews

Booze School

Berlin's self-described “bar nerd” is in the Haus and ready to get you all learned up. This time, it's Monastic Liqueurs: Chartreuse, Benedictine and Getting Drunk Like a Monk.

Sep 1, 2010 by in People (1 Comments)

A chat with... "queer cabaret" artiste Bridge Markland

THIS WEEK! Bridge Markland seeks to arouse sexualities of all stripes by combining drag, a lesbian coming-out story and erotic audience interaction: "Gender and sex are fluid."

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