Drama

A spectacular scavenger hunt awaits school classes at the Berlin Wall and is a great challenge as a puzzle tour 'Escape & Espionage'.

The Deutsches Theater in Berlin-Mitte is one of the most significant spoken theatre stages in the German-speaking world. Under artistic director Iris Laufenberg, classics and contemporary world premieres are combined on three stages to create a repertoire that addresses societal questions with high aesthetic ambition.

For over a century, the Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin-Mitte has been the city's most political and radical theater. What opened in 1914 as a stage for the working class became a breeding ground for contemporary German theater. Today, the venue stands at the precipice of a new beginning.

In the backyard of Cuvrystraße in Kreuzberg lies the Ratibor Theater: Berlin's premier address for improvisation theater, home stage of the Gorillas, and for decades a meeting point for the national and international improv scene.

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!

In a backyard in Prenzlauer Berg lies Berlin's most-played improv theater stage: BühnenRausch. Red velvet curtains, subdued lighting, and about 30 permanent improv groups make this place the go-to address for improvisation theater in the capital.

Located on Schiffbauerdamm in Mitte, the Berliner Ensemble stands for political contemporary theater with a rich Brecht history: a neo-baroque building, an international ensemble, up to 15 productions per month, and an occupancy rate that makes Berlin's theater scene look pale in comparison.

In the historic mill warehouse directly on the Spree, an emotional journey through the history of German division awaits you. The museum connects personal fates with original props and interviews from contemporary witnesses in 13 themed rooms.

The Schlosspark Theater in Steglitz is Berlin's most charming private theater: Director Dieter Hallervorden has been staging comedies, readings, and concerts that appeal to all generations – from nephew to grandmother – in the neoclassical building since 2009.

Thanks to the children's musical "Linie 1", among others, GRIPS Theater is probably the most famous of Berlin's children's theaters and a flagship of children's theater culture throughout Germany.

The Maxim Gorki Theater in Mitte is Berlin's most important address for post-migrant contemporary theater. Behind the neoclassical facade on the grand boulevard Unter den Linden, contemporary theater is discussed, which doesn't just accompany social debates, but initiates them.

Berlin's first international comedy stage is located in the heart of Neukölln and has consistently done since 2015 what the city is known for: pushing boundaries. In the soundproofed 70-seat theater on Roseggerstraße, improv theater meets stand-up, English meets German, and craft beer meets genuine laughter.

THEATER AN DER PARKAUE - Junges Staatstheater Berlin is the largest state theater for young people in Germany! The theater has three stages with a total of more than 600 seats.

The largest spoken theater in West Berlin has resided since 1981 in a listed building by Erich Mendelsohn on Kurfürstendamm in Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz stands for politically engaged contemporary theater of world-class standard, with an ensemble that alternates between stage and cinema screen.

Founded in 1993, Schaubude Berlin is now one of the city's most important children's theaters. The venue in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg is funded by the Berlin Senate and is known, among other things, as the host of the International Festival for Contemporary Puppet and Object Theater.

Where classical music meets church history: The Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island in Berlin-Mitte is one of the city's most fascinating concert venues. Whether it's an organ concert under the dome vault or choir music by the Cathedral Choir – here, sacred architecture literally resonates.

Germany's largest music theater for children, Atze in Wedding, freshly awarded with the IKARUS 2018, has once again planned a magical Christmas program.

Children and young people immerse themselves here in the exciting world of musical theater! The children's opera is part of the ambitious children's and youth program of the Komische Oper Berlin.

The GRIPS Theater at Hansaplatz in Tiergarten is Berlin's most famous children's and youth theater, which has been bringing socially critical musical theater with a clear stance to the stage since 1969. Whether for children, teenagers, or adults: here, theater becomes an experience with substance.

A drama workshop with the theme "Harry Potter" and a musical workshop "Dance of the Vampires" for artistically gifted children and teenagers aged 12 and up - this is what ACTivity Drama School in Berlin-Schöneberg offers for the 2019 winter holidays.

Berlin's oldest professional improv ensemble meets every Monday at the BKA Theater on Kreuzberg's Mehringdamm for a competition. Two teams, one stage, no script: Theatersport Berlin has been delivering spontaneous theater since 1995, with the audience taking charge.

Located in Tempelhof, on a former UFA film studio site, ufaFabrik is arguably Berlin's most versatile cultural center. Those who experience improv theater here get evenings written by the audience themselves: spontaneous, unscripted, and different every time.

ATZE Music Theater is located in the middle of Wedding, very close to Beuth University, and is considered Germany's largest music theater for children.

In southwest Berlin, precisely in Steglitz, stands the Schlosspark Theater: a private theater with over 200 years of history, which Dieter Hallervorden has turned into one of Berlin's most renowned stages since 2009 with in-house productions, guest stars, and the credo "Spirit with Humor".

Berlin's oldest comedy club resides in Prenzlauer Berg: The Cosmic Comedy Club Berlin has been occupying a former savings bank on Schönhauser Allee for over two decades and is now the primary destination for English-language stand-up comedy and improv theater in the capital.