

For New Year's Eve 2018, the full-blooded entertainer Gayle Tufts presents a turn of the year that will strain your laughing muscles with her brilliant one-woman show „Jahresendfirework“ - loud, funny, and very hot!
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Comedy thrives in Berlin, from English-language stand-up to German cabaret and improv. Across Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Mitte, comedy nights fill bars, theatres and clubs with open mics, touring acts and sharp satire.
This overview gathers Berlin locations for comedy, from stand-up clubs and improv stages to cabaret and variety theatres. Some focus on English-language shows, others on German comedy and political satire.
Browse the venues below to find the best comedy in Berlin, compare programmes and prices, and plan your night out.


For New Year's Eve 2018, the full-blooded entertainer Gayle Tufts presents a turn of the year that will strain your laughing muscles with her brilliant one-woman show „Jahresendfirework“ - loud, funny, and very hot!




The Tipi am Kanzleramt, Europe's largest stationary tent stage, is located in the middle of the Großer Tiergarten, between the Federal Chancellery and the House of World Cultures. Guests sit almost exclusively at tables across 800 square meters, where food is served during the performance, and in front of the tent is a beer garden with a view of the Chancellery.

Showbühne Berlin occupies a Wilhelminian era building on Köthener Straße in Kreuzberg, a few minutes south of Potsdamer Platz. The hall can accommodate up to 199 guests with flexible seating, featuring Burlesque, GDR-Comedy, Tribute Shows, and the male revue SIXX PAXX. This is an unusually broad program for a variety theater in Berlin.



The Admiralspalast on Friedrichstraße was built in 1911 over an accidentally discovered brine spring and once united a thermal bath, ice palace, bowling alleys, and a cinema under one roof. Today, the listed building is a guest performance venue with around 1,600 seats, a preserved Emperor's Box, and original, hand-operated stage machinery.


Since 1984, Scheinbar Varieté in Schöneberg has been Germany's oldest and smallest open-stage variety theater: a four by three-meter stage, around sixty seats, a bar. Professionals and amateurs each get seven minutes, with the order only being determined shortly before the show. For a variety evening in Berlin, this means no two evenings are alike.

Since 2002, the Quatsch Comedy Club Berlin has been performing in the former Kleine Revue in the basement of the Friedrichstadt-Palast. It was founded in 1992 by Thomas Hermanns, and to this day, four comedians and a host take the stage here each evening. Additionally, there's a newcomer competition and an open mic in the bar on the upper tier.



The Tempodrom started in 1980 as a circus tent at Potsdamer Platz and has stood since 2001 as a concrete building with a 37-meter-high folding roof on the site of the former Anhalter Bahnhof. The Great Arena accommodates up to 4,200 guests and is built like a modern amphitheater; in the basement, there is a saltwater pool 13 meters in diameter under a concrete dome.




The Bar jeder Vernunft performs in an original Art Nouveau mirrored tent, built in the Netherlands in 1912 as a Danse Palais, and located in Wilmersdorf since 1992. Between 200 and 250 guests sit at tables in the arena or in boxes at the edge. For a cabaret evening in Berlin, this is the stage with the most mirrors.





The Admiralspalast in Friedrichstraße presents two shows on New Year's Eve 2018. Particularly entertaining is "A Million is Gone So Fast" starring CAVEMAN actor Karsten Kaie.


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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“With Edith into the New Year!” – at the New Year's Eve and New Year's revue 2018/2019 by Neukölln's sharp-tongued Edith at the BKA Theater, no eye will stay dry, guaranteed! On New Year's Eve with an after-show party!



The beautiful Astor Film Lounge on Kurfürstendamm presents the 1963 film classic 'The Pink Panther' as its 2017 New Year's Eve Special.




The puppet theater Firlefanz in Sophienstraße in Berlin-Mitte exists since 1982.


A cinema exclusively for events like bachelorette parties can be booked at Park Plaza Wallstreet Berlin in Mitte.