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Die Wühlmäuse is a long-established and very well-known Berlin cabaret theater with a permanent location at Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Berlin-Westend.
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Last updated on 06/23/2026
The 10 best Cabaret in Berlin
Berlin is known for its heart and its sharp tongue and for its often biting cabaret stages. At the top stand the Wühlmäuse, a long-established Berlin cabaret theater at Theodor-Heuss-Platz in Westend. Right behind follows the BKA Theater in Kreuzberg, a classic of the scene that since 1988 has delighted audiences above the rooftops of the city with quirky shows, drag and political satire. Also writing history are the Stachelschweine, founded in 1949 as the first political post-war cabaret and standing to this day for biting social satire. Added to these is the DISTEL in Mitte, once the first state cabaret of the GDR. No matter whether an established venue or a backyard theater, whether political or musical mockery, laughter is allowed everywhere. Which stage will make you laugh next?
Viktoria Tkachenko
Good cabaret needs attitude, timing and a hearty dose of Berlin wit. For this list I visited stages with very different orientations, from the big established venue to the small backyard theater. What mattered to me was where the mockery really lands and where up-and-coming talent gets a real chance. The result is ten houses that reflect the whole range of Berlin cabaret.
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4.3
The BKA Theater in Kreuzberg is a classic of Berlin's cabaret scene, attracting audiences with quirky shows, travesty, and political satire. Since 1988, the stage has delighted with a varied program and an intimate atmosphere above the rooftops of Berlin.
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4.2
Rebellious, spiky, and non-conformist, the Stachelschweine (Porcupines) were founded in 1949 as Berlin's first post-war political cabaret, and to this day they offer biting social satire.
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3.9
On the former site of the UFA film copying plant, the international Cultural Center of ufaFabrik in Tempelhof brings various styles to the stage: theater, music, variety dance, and cabaret!
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3.8
The Mehringhof Theater is part of the alternative cultural center Mehringhof in Kreuzberg and has been a venue for first-class, laugh-inducing cabaret since 1985. The year-end program, featuring a cabaret review of the year, is legendary.
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3.5
At the Scheinbar, you get to know the cabaret artists of tomorrow. Many established artists like Kurt Krömer, Eckhart von Hirschhausen, or Meret Becker have tried out their acts here.
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3.2
The small Zebrano – Theater in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a musically and literarily oriented stage, presenting cabaret, various forms of performing arts, and chanson.
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The Berliner Schnauze Dialect Theater performs in the former cabaret theater at Frankfurter Tor in Berlin-Friedrichshain.
Karl-Marx-Allee 133, 10243 Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg+49 30 420 20 434www.theater-am-frankfurter-tor.de
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