32 Locations
An ensemble is at the heart of Berlin's rich stage and music scene, from theatre companies to chamber groups. Across the city's theatres and concert halls, an ensemble brings plays, opera, dance and music to life through close, collective performance.
This overview gathers Berlin locations built around an ensemble, from repertory theatres and opera houses to music and dance groups. Some focus on classic drama and orchestral work, others on contemporary and experimental performance.
Browse the venues below to find the best ensemble performances in Berlin, compare programmes and prices, and plan your evening.
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.
Berlin's Improv Cult Venue: Home of The Gorillas and a hotspot for spontaneous, international theatrical art.
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!
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.
Your parents may know Dieter Hallervorden, Ilja Richter and Robert Atzorn from seeing them on TV, but at the Schlosspark Theater your mom and dad can see the actors live on stage.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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".
The Astrid Lindgren Stage at FEZ is a large children's theater: 570 big and small spectators can find a seat here! Named after the creator of Pippi Longstocking, the stage aims to transport children into the world of fantasy and poetry.
The ATRIUM Youth Art School in the Märkisches Viertel in Reinickendorf offers children and young people plenty of space for their own creativity.
The small but exquisite Schlosspark Theater in Steglitz offers an entertaining program over Easter 2025.
At Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte, the French Cathedral stands as one of the most beautiful concert venues in the capital. The acoustics of the historic church hall carry Vivaldi, Bach, and Chopin as if they had been composed specifically for it. History, sound, and a touch of grandeur under one roof.
On New Year's Eve 2017, the most famous TV sketch Dinner for One will be performed in its very own theatre version at Brotfabrik!
The Improvisionäre are the stars at Brotfabrik!
Charlottenburg's oldest private theater right on Ku'damm: Since 1949, the Vagantenbühne has stood for socially critical spoken theater with a stance that remains close to people. With just 90 seats, a closeness between stage and audience is created that large venues rarely offer.
The Berliner Kinder Theater offers two major family theatre series in summer and winter.